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Elliott Erwitt Quotes

I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: photographer
Nationality: french
Birth: July 26, 1928

Topics

Family Time Together Spending Time

With films, you are not so much on a schedule. TV is all about scheduling.

You Schedule Much TV Scheduling

Most people in America want an easy read. I call it McFiction - books which pass right through you without you even digesting them. I don't mean a book that has two-syllable words. I mean chapters you can read in a toilet break. Happy endings. We are more of a TV culture.

Culture Words Happy People Book You

I considered a lot of different jobs as a kid. I thought about becoming a priest or a lawyer. My father had a big linen-supply business and I considered working for him. What dawned on me was: 'If I'm an actor, I get to do the fun parts of every job!' Without having to go to four years of law school.

Father Business Job School Fun Law

I've been making arts programmes for almost 50 years, and every day, I can't believe my luck.

Day Luck Believe Every Day Years

Oh, some day I'll tell you about why I wrote more than 1,500 Gmail filters. They throw away more than 300 emails every day. Every day. It's the best thing I ever did for my productivity.

Best Day You Every Day Why More

The crime of loving is forgetting.

Maurice Chevalier

Love Loving Crime Forgetting

Opposites generally create intense chemistry. There are more chances of fireworks when different people are together than similar personalities.

Together People Create Chemistry

I have often thought that if a well-grounded affection be not really a part of virtue, it is something extremely akin to it.

Thought Affection Virtue Something

The landscape of Texas is in all my work. It's that light; it's that sky.

Work Light Sky Texas Landscape

In a way it was like washing your laundry in public and, yep, there you go, you've seen my underwear. And now I feel like there's nothing left, you've seen it all and I can get on.

Feel You I Can Laundry Go Nothing

A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.

Leader Blame Face Someone Easy

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

Voice Oppressor Perfectionism

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