Robert Capa Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The pictures are there, and you just take them.”
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“If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.”
-- Robert CapaSource : Robert Capa (1987). “Robert Capa: cuadernos de guerra en España (1936-1939).”
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“I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.”
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“The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.”
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“It’s not enough to have talent. You also have to be Hungarian.”
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“It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.”
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“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.”
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“What's the point of getting killed if you've got the wrong exposure?”
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“In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on”
-- Robert CapaSource : "The Hubris and Despair of War Journalism" by Susie Linfield, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2012.
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“The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business.”
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“For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.”
-- Robert CapaSource : Robert Capa (2015). “Slightly Out Of Focus”, p.142, Pickle Partners Publishing
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“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.”
-- Robert CapaSource : Robert Capa (2015). “Slightly Out Of Focus”, p.161, Pickle Partners Publishing
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