Jacques-Henri Lartigue Quotes

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.

I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

I work by instinct. You never hear anything new; when you hear advice that makes sense, it's something you already know.

I'm not interested in how long I can hold out, but in how fast I can reach the finishing line.

The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,' and that is true. Everything I've accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.

I've always worked at a steady pace, listening to my heart.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

Practice quality, and you get better at quality. But quality takes time, so by working solely on quality, you end up losing something else that's important - speed.

I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'

I think, you have to forget about intellect, to a degree. Intuition is very important when you're working with a lens, I believe, for what the lens is doing, too.

I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.

I'm not a textbook player. I'm a gut player.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.

Personally I prefer to work things out by feel, by instinct.

What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

We associate stress with action, but how can you take action without stress? You take the right actions with a different energy. Yes, that might affect the speed at which you work or how much you get done in one day, but you'll probably get things done more efficiently.

Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself

Slow motion gets you there faster.

I follow my nose. It’s as simple as that.

Lack of clarity is the number-one time-waster. Always be asking, 'What am I trying to do? How am I trying to do it.

Be quick but do not hurry.