Leica Quotes

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.

Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.

We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.

Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.

While we're working, we must be conscious of what we're doing.

What I have tried to do is involve the people I was photographing... if they were willing to give, I was willing to photograph.

I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my carry-around camera is a Leica.

Photographers - idiots, of which there are so many - say, "Oh, if only I had a Nikon or a Leica, I could make great photographs." That's the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life. It's nothing but a matter of seeing, and thinking, and interest.