ROBERT CAPA

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life

I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave.

The [concentration camps] were swarming with photographers and every new picture of horror served only to diminish the total effect. Now, for a short day, everyone will see what happened to those poor devils in those camps; tomorrow, very few will care what happens to them in the future.

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

If your pictures are not good enough, it’s because you are not close enough.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

Like people and let them know it.

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture.

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.

I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at this stage of the game, having the freedom to choose his spot and being allowed to be a coward and not be executed for it is his torture.

In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on.

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.

The war correspondent has his stake - his life - in his own hands, and he can put it on this horse or that horse, or he can put it back in his pocket at the very last minute.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave.

If your pictures are not good enough, it’s because you are not close enough.

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life

I will not call myself Hungarian as long as Hungary is under the control of Hitler …. I hate the Nazis and hope that my pictures can be used against them.

The [concentration camps] were swarming with photographers and every new picture of horror served only to diminish the total effect. Now, for a short day, everyone will see what happened to those poor devils in those camps; tomorrow, very few will care what happens to them in the future.

You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. (On the Spanish Civil War, 1937)

Like people and let them know it.