Kevin Systrom Quotes

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it.

If I take pictures at a party, I never get bored.

I was extremely irritated being photographed for a long time, then I gave up caring. Photography is a nauseating cliche, but there is a lot to it. You can tell so much about a person from it. You are exaggerating the consciousness. It's life-thickening, photography.

I think I got an Instamatic camera when I was 8 years old, and ever since then, I've liked to record things. I don't know why. Maybe it's just to kind of try to leave some kind of record behind.

I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!'

I like taking pictures of other people more than I like to take pictures of myself.

Photographs open doors into the past, but they also alloq a look into the future

Taking photos is a form of collecting.

Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot.

Photos convey a point in time, so for casual snapshots I say wear the trends so you have fun images to look back at.

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Because I was traveling a lot during the '70s, the only thing I could do on the road was take photographs, so there wasn't much painting during those years.

I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; later, that's what will be interesting to you.

I always carry my camera with me.

One advantage of photography is that it's visual and can transcend language.

When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life.

When I was a teenager, I loved photography and writing.

I liked the idea of being a photographer, just that you take this one picture of this one thing that'll never happen again - it's a bit weird when you think about it.

Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.

The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.