Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Helen Levitt

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American photographer Helen Levitt.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Helen Levitt was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time."

American - Photographer | August 31, 1913 - March 29, 2009

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A lot of my early pictures are, I think, quite funny. And these days I tend to look for comedy more and more.

Helen Levitt

I never had a “project.” I would go out and shoot, follow my eyes... I tried to capture with my camera, for others to see.

Helen Levitt

Since I'm inarticulate, I express myself with images.

Helen Levitt

All I can say about the work I try to do, is that the aesthetic is in reality itself.

Helen Levitt

It would be mistaken to suppose that any of the best photography is come at by intellection; it is like all art, essentially the result of an intuitive process, drawing on all that the artist is rather than on anything he thinks, far less theorizes about.

Helen Levitt

Children used to be outside. Now the streets are empty. People are indoors looking at television or something.

Helen Levitt

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Helen Levitt

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