Elliott Erwitt Quotes

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.

To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice

Quality … has to do with intention.

You can find pictures anywhere. It’s simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what’s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.

Good photography is not about ‘Zone Printing’ or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It’s just about seeing. You either see, or you don’t see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more.

I don’t like explosions. I don’t mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of sorts and consequently has numbed down the general quality of photographs.

Nell'era digitale che senso hanno ancora i fotografi? Mi lascia con una frase secca, l'ultima prima di tirarsi in piedi e incamminarsi con il bastone, quel bastone con trombetta che a tratti sembra più un vezzo che una necessità: "Tutti possono avere una matita e un pezzo di carta, ma pochi sono i poeti".

Photography is the art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” —Elliott Erwitt