Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know.

Quote by Ben Shahn

Topics: Ben Shahn Quotes

I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested...

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested...

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my...

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my...

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

Whatever I get involved in, I'm totally involved, you see.

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is...

In the South or in the mine country, wherever you point the camera there is...

I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved...

I was so impressed with the work we were doing and I was very involved...

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this...

I remember traveling around in Arkansas with Senator Robinson, and I told him what this...

So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested...

So, I was offered this job to come down there but first it was suggested...

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go...

It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go...

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and...

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and...

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined...

I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined...

I didn't care where my works were published.

I didn't care where my works were published.

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you...

When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you...

In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his...

In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his...

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy...

Roy was just another bureaucrat to me, but I realized very soon that without Roy...

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have...

The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have...

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material.

I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I...

I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I...

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize...

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize...