Leos Carax Quotes

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments.

I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

I always carry my camera with me.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.

The camera and I have always had good chemistry.

Photography is my passion. Whenever I get time, I click.

I'm not very eloquent about things like this, but I think that writing and photography go together. I don't mean that they are related arts, because they're not. But the person doing it, I think, learns from both things about accuracy of the eye, about observation, and about sympathy toward what is in front of you... It's about honesty, or truth telling, and a way to find it in yourself, how to need it and learn from it.

This thing called the camera, that takes everything in equally, taught me a lot about how to see.

Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling.

For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.

I saw that my camera gave me a sense of connection with others that I never had before. It allowed me to enter lives, satisfying a curiosity that was always there but that was never explored before.

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.

I relax more when I'm behind the camera than anything else. I love that.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

I love photography. I love the imagery. I love what I do.

I'm huge on visuals. I love visuals.

I've hidden behind the camera my whole life because I much, much, much prefer shooting. Being behind the camera is my safe space, and it's my creative space, too.

I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I needed other people's permission to do. So, it was really freeing for me actually to be able to not be a famous person and just to take pictures.