7 Quotes by Marc Riboud

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.

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?

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.

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.

Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it’s a lifetime’s preoccupation.

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.