34 Quotes by Andre Kertesz

The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they don’t necessarily see. I never calculate or consider; I see a situation and I know that it’s right, even if I have to go back to get the proper lighting.

I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that’s what I’ll stay until the end of my life. Because I’m forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again.

Seeing is not enough; you have to feel what you photograph.

The most valuable things in a life are a man’s memories. And they are priceless.

I am not a surrealist. I am only a realist. All this group – surrealists – use my name. No, no, I am realist.

I can’t talk about my style. It us kind of difficult for me. I don’t like styles. I only like taking photos and expressing myself through them.

I do what I feel, that’s all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That’s all I’ve ever done.