27 Quotes by Robert Capa

The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944)

You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. (On the Spanish Civil War, 1937)

Q: Do you really distance yourself from your subject? I mean, what would you do if you were presented with a young girl burning to death? A: About 1/60 at f5.6.

The war photographer’s most fervent wish is for unemployment.

What’s the point of getting killed if you’ve got the wrong exposure?

In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on.

The war correspondent has his stake – his life – in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

On the train to London, with those successfully exposed rolls in my bag, I hated myself and my profession. This sort of photography was only for undertakers, and I didn’t like being one. If I was to share the funeral, I swore, I would have to share the procession.

It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.