My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary.
BrassaiThe surrealism of my pictures was nothing but the real made eerie by vision. I was trying to express reality, for there is nothing more surrealist.
BrassaiOnly powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.
BrassaiPhotography is the very conscience of painting. It constantly reminds the later of what it must not do.
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