Saul Leiter Born : December 3, 1923 Died : November 26, 2013 Browse All Authors Top 33 quotes by Saul Leiter Sometimes I'm amazed by how much you can do as a photographer. Saul Leiter how you photographer sometimes I may be old-fashioned. But I believe there is such a thing as a search for beauty - a delight in the nice things in the world. And I don't think one should have to apologise for it. Saul Leiter think beauty believe world I have been told that some of my photographs maybe indicate that I am a painter. Saul Leiter maybe i-am some painter Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something. Saul Leiter finding things painting photography There are the things that are out in the open, and there are the things that are hidden. The real world has more to do with what is hidden. Saul Leiter hidden things real world I'm sometimes mystified by people who keep diaries. I never thought of my existence as being that important. Saul Leiter thought important sometimes people I like it when one is not certain what one sees. When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion. Saul Leiter picture looking start know My brothers were rabbis. My grandfather was a rabbi. Saul Leiter brothers were rabbi grandfather I've never been overwhelmed with a desire to become famous. It's not that I didn't want to have my work appreciated, but for some reason - maybe it's because my father disapproved of almost everything I did - in some secret place in my being was a desire to avoid success. Saul Leiter place work success father What makes anyone think that I'm any good? Saul Leiter makes any good think My family was very unhappy about my becoming a photographer - profoundly and deeply unhappy. Saul Leiter about family photographer unhappy My father thought photography was done by lowlifes. Saul Leiter thought photography done father I am not immersed in self-admiration. Saul Leiter immersed am i-am