Top 19 Quotes by Saul Leiter

In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music, and to paint when I feel like it.

When I am listening to Vivaldi or Japanese music or making spaghetti at 3 in the morning and realize that I don't have the proper sauce for it, fame is of no use.

I may be old-fashioned. But I believe there is such a thing as a search for beauty - a delight in the nice things in the world. And I don't think one should have to apologise for it.

I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way.

Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something.

Sometimes I'm amazed by how much you can do as a photographer.

Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.

My brothers were rabbis. My grandfather was a rabbi.

I have been told that some of my photographs maybe indicate that I am a painter.

I am not immersed in self-admiration.