Robert Capa Quotes

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.
Robert Capa

Good, Enough, Pictures

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

Enough, Talent, Hungarian

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

Around, Easy, Stand

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.
Robert Capa

Best, Truth, Picture

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

War, Miss, Date

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

Company, Decided, Wave

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

Life, Hope, War

The pictures are there, and you just take them.
Robert Capa

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.
Robert Capa

War, Freedom, Game

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

Love, War, Hate

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.
Robert Capa

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

War, Old, Getting

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Photographer

Born: October 22, 1913

Died: May 25, 1954

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