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All Quotes by author - Rene Burri
" A photograph is a moment - when you press the button, it will never come back. "
Will
Back
You
" Everyone takes pictures, so you need to have your own opinion. "
Your
Own
Opinion
" For me, Picasso was the ultimate man. He taught me that photography is all about how you approach an image: what you do and what you don't do. He inspired me to go beyond what you think is in front of you. "
Man
Image
Me
" If you are truly successful in capturing the pulse of life, then you can speak of a good photograph. "
Life
You
Then
" I grew up in Switzerland, in this kind of rigidity. It was Protestant, and I was rather shy. That influenced me a lot. "
Rather
Shy
Switzerland
" I lived and grew up in the black and white period of photojournalism. "
Black And White
Lived
Black
" In 1958, a year before the revolution, Magnum wanted to send me to Cuba because they had contacts with the rebels. I'd just spent six months in South America and said 'No', so I missed everything. "
Missed
America
Said
" I never had the time or luxury to think about inventing my own colour theory. When colour came, I was interested in expressing things that happened around me in time. "
My Own
Own
Me
" I suddenly had to chase after my pictures... Pictures are like taxis during rush hour - if you're not fast enough, someone else will get there first. "
Pictures
Enough
Fast
" I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again. "
Picture
Moment
Back
" It took me six years to get close to Picasso. I learnt a lot from him, and he was an absolute genius. He almost became my grandfather at the time. It was like he was a magician or something. "
Time
Me
Like
" I witnessed the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first orbiter to be launched into space. "
Space
First
Columbia
" Looking back, I didn't have the patience to work in fashion. I like women so much, but I was never qualified to torture them in photo shoots. You have to be really tough and brutal. "
Work
Women
Patience
" My photography is the result of being there at the right moment. "
Moment
Being There
Result
" One of these days, I'm going to publish a book of all the pictures I did not take. It is going to be a huge hit. "
Take
Days
Book
" The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments. "
Camera
Always
Giving
" What counts is putting the intensity that you yourself have experienced into the picture. Otherwise it is just a document. "
Picture
You
Yourself
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