Marc Riboud Quotes

#1. Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too. - Author: Leonardo DiCaprio

#2. Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second. - Author: Marc Riboud

#3. Oh, the joys of baseball, manly men in tight pants. - Author: Carolyn Hart

#4. Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case. - Author: Naomie Harris

#5. For me photography is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one ... Whether we like it or not, we are involved in a sensual business. - Author: Marc Riboud

#6. I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise. - Author: Marc Riboud

#7. Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it's a lifetime's preoccupation. - Author: Marc Riboud

#8. As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release. - Author: Jackson Browne

#9. Keep the enthusiasm of your youth and treasure the wisdom of old age. - Author: Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. I guess I'm one of those girls who can be too honest about things for my own good, but I expect it back. I expect people to be honest and blunt with me, too. - Author: Vanessa Hudgens

#11. My first reaction at the very idea of this interview was to refuse to talk about photography. Why dissect and comment a process that is essentially a spontaneous reaction to a surprise? - Author: Marc Riboud

#12. The eye is made to see and not to think ... A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan and foresee a surprise? We just have to be ready. - Author: Marc Riboud

#13. Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. - Author: Marc Riboud

#14. Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes. - Author: Marc Riboud

#15. Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession. - Author: Marc Riboud

#16. Doubt always hovers nearby, but I take photographs the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck turns my way and offers me a good picture, joy is surely nigh. - Author: Marc Riboud

#17. The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being said by someone in a bus. We only record details, small fragments of the world. - Author: Marc Riboud