Ernst Haas Inspirational Quotes (31)

Beware of direct inspiration. It leads too quickly to repetitions of what inspired you.

The camera only facilitates the taking. The photographer must do the giving in order to transform and transcend ordinary reality. The problem is to transform without deforming. He must gain intensity in form and content by bringing a subjective order into an objective chaos.

You don’t take pictures, the good ones happen to you.

A picture can be an answer as well as a question but if you can't answer your question try to question your question... There can be questions without answers but no answers without questions.

I have always felt better taking a risk than an easier route for what I believe in.

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.

You see what you think, you see what you feel, you are what you see If with the camera you can make others see it - that is photography.