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Saul Leiter Quotes

d. 2013 United States

Saul Leiter (3 December 1923 – 26 November 2013) was an American photographer and painter.

United States
Artists
Painters
Photographers

Also known as: Saul leiter

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7 quotes

I never felt the need to do what everyone else did. And I wasn’t troubled by the fact that other people were doing other things.

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old fashioned idea.

Saul Leiter (2008)

It’s quite possible that my work represents a search for beauty in the most prosaic and ordinary places. One doesn’t have to be in some faraway dreamland in order to find beauty.

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

I don’t plan things. As a rule I prefer to see what happens.

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

I don’t have a talent for narcissism.

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.

Saul Leiter (2008)

I didn’t try to communicate any kind of philosophy since I am not a philosopher. I am a photographer. That’s it.

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Saul Leiter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.