I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life. Robert Capa More Quotes by Robert Capa More Quotes From Robert Capa If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough. Robert Capa good-enough photography photographer You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. (On the Spanish Civil War, 1937) Robert Capa truth-is cameras war The pictures are there, and you just take them. Robert Capa photojournalism photography art 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? Robert Capa distance girl mean It’s not enough to have talent. You also have to be Hungarian. Robert Capa hungarians talent enough What's the point of getting killed if you've got the wrong exposure? Robert Capa exposure photography ifs The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944) Robert Capa actresses dangerous war The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. Robert Capa best-picture truth-is photography In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on Robert Capa hate goes-on war It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. Robert Capa records photography suffering Like people and let them know it. Robert Capa knows people 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 Capa horse war hands The desire of any war photographer is to be put out of business. Robert Capa photographer desire war The war photographer's most fervent wish is for unemployment Robert Capa unemployment wish war For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner. Robert Capa invasion missing war The [concentration camps] were swarming with photographers and every new picture of horror served only to diminish the total effect. Now, for a short day, everyone will see what happened to those poor devils in those camps; tomorrow, very few will care what happens to them in the future. Robert Capa devil care photographer This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. Robert Capa old like dangerous war I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture. Robert Capa game freedom soldier war I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave. Robert Capa i-am go company wave
