Realism is more important than the sentiment of the picture.

Daylight is too easy. What I want is difficult - the atmosphere of lamps and moonlight.

C'est vrai. Voilá quelqu'un qui sent comme moi. (It is true. There is someone who feels as I do).

A picture is a thing which requires as much knavery, as much malice, and as much vice as the perpetration of a crime. Make it untrue and add an accent of truth.

There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

I'm glad I haven't found my style yet. I'd be bored to death.

Instantaneity is photography.