André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about life, and a precise sense of form.

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

The precise instant of creation is when you choose the subject. (meaning that the essential thing occurs at the moment when he, the photographer, meets the reality he wishes to capture.

... we photographers are nothing but a pack of crooks, thieves and voyeurs. We are to be found everywhere we are not wanted; we betray secrets that were never entrusted to us; we spy shamelessly on things that are not our business; And end up the hoarders of a vast quantity of stolen goods.

Photography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.