Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

Quote by Yousuf Karsh

Topics: Mind Quotes

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is...

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is...

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is...

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is...

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul...

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul...

The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room...

The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room...

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens...

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens...

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have...

I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have...

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

I try to photograph people's spirits and thoughts. As to the soul-taking by the photographer,...

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the...

I think, if my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then...

I think, if my butt's not too big for them to be photographing it, then...

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk...

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception,...

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.

We all have a family member who think they're a professional photographer.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Photography is truth. And cinema is truth twenty-four times a second.

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is...

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Photography is my one recreation and I think it should be done well.

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...

Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come...