Jacques Henri Lartigue Quotes

#1. Think of brilliant trickster Vik Muniz as the offspring of Man Ray and Jacques Henri Lartigue, combining the former's relentless experimentation, the latter's effortless wit, and their mutual inventiveness in work that defies category.

Vince Aletti

#2. Photography and writing are marvelous distractions from painting. I might even have found movies more interesting than photography. I tried it a bit, but not enough.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#3. This president [Barack Obama ] has seen personnel records of people who have sacrificed for the American people and for the federal government stolen by the Chinese and he's done nothing in return.

Chris Christie

#4. Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#5. I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#6. Proper loafing requires company.One man lying about is being idle; two men lying about is a lunch break.

Brandon Sanderson

#7. I think just about everything has been tackled, but it may be that things will be done again, only better and differently.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#8. When I fall in love, I don't know why I fall in love, I just know that I am in love.

Jaco Van Dormael

#9. Photography is something you learn to love very quickly. I know that many, many things are going to ask me to have their pictures taken and I will take them all.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#10. History is always written to serve the powerful.

Kevin Emerson

#11. Good works should always be rooted in the good news

Kevin DeYoung

#12. I have never taken a photograph without one thought in my head to amuse myself.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#13. The golden rule is work fast. As for framing, composition, focus-this is no time to start asking yourself questions: you just have to trust your intuition and the sharpness of your reflexes.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#14. Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#15. (Wil Wheaton) was so fun to have on the set, and he was such a good guy, just in general. He seemed to be completely okay with the fact that his entire name became a mantra of vengeful hate. That didn't seem to bother him.

Jim Parsons

#16. It's marvellous, marvellous! Nothing will ever be as much fun. I'm going to photograph everything, everything!

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#17. I had the perfect job for a gamer. From February to October, I'd get up at 7 in the morning with nothing to do but play games until I had to be at the park around 1 or 2 o'clock. When I got back after the game, I played until 3 or 4 in the morning.

Curt Schilling

#18. To talk about photos rather than making them seems idiotic to me. It's as though I went on and on about a woman I adored instead of making love to her.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#19. What's so incredibly amusing with photography is that while seemingly an art of the surface, it catches things I haven't even noticed. And it pains me not to have seen things in all their depth.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#20. I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue

#21. We cannot let the haters of this world define us. Or frighten us into no longer being ourselves.

Mary E. DeMuth

#22. The lesser your achievements the lesser your critics.
The greater your achievements the greater your critics.
Ordinary achievements attract ordinary admirers.
Extraordinary achievements attract extraordinary admirers.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#23. One shouldn't be only two photographers but thousands.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue