Weegee Quotes

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Weegee, whose real name was Arthur Fellig, was a renowned American photographer known for his documentation of New York City's crime scenes. His work is celebrated for its unique style and profound insight into urban life.

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Famous Weegee Quotes

“I am a perfectionist. When I take a picture...it's gotta be good.”

Photographer Be Good Perfectionist

Author:Weegee

“It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.”

Courses Strange Summer Photographer Photograph Magazines

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“Anyone who looks for life can find it... and they don't need to photograph ashcans. The average camera fan reminds me of Pollyanna, with a lollypop in one hand and a camera in the other. You can't be a Nice Nelly and take news pictures.”

Needs Looks Hands Nice Fans News Cameras Photographer Photograph Average Pollyanna

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“I had so many unsold murder pictures lying around my room...I felt as if I were renting out a wing of the City Morgue.”

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“To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.”

Hot Photographer Ems

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“The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel.”

Bigs Beautiful Scene Murder Cameras Photograph Affair Hotel

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“When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.”

People Knows Feels Laughing Cry Tears Laughter Photographer Photograph Track Finding Yourself Right Track

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“What I did, anybody can do.”

Can Do Photography Photographer

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“To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.”

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Book:Naked city

Source: Naked city

“Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake them up.”

World Dream Reality Beautiful Hurt Taste Photographer Backgrounds Dream World

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“There are photographic fanatics, just as there are religious fanatics. They buy a so-called candid camera there is no such thing: it’s the photographer who has to be candid, not the camera.”

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Book:Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)

Source: Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)

“News photography teaches you to think fast.”

Thinking Teach Photography News Photographer

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“People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.”

People Want Moments Film Waiting Wonderful Photography Photographer Capture Breathless

Book:Naked city

Source: Naked city

“A natural-born photographer, with hypo in my blood.”

Born Natural Blood Photographer

Book:Weegee: An Autobiography

Source: Weegee: An Autobiography

“Hollywood is Newark, New Jersey with palm trees.”

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“Sure. I’d like to live regular. Go home to a good looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I guess I got film in my blood. I love this racket. It’s exciting. It’s dangerous. It’s funny. It’s tough. It’s heartbreaking.”

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“My name is Weegee. I'm the world's greatest photographer.”

World Names Photographer

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“I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is their camera. All their friends rave about what wonderful pictures they take. If they’re so good, why don’t they take pictures full—time, for a living, and make floor walking, chiropractics, etc., their hobby? But everyone wants to play it safe. They’re afraid to give up their pay checks and their security they might miss a meal.”

Source: Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)

“If I had a picture of two handcuffed criminals being booked, I would cut the picture in half and get five bucks for each.”

Ifs Two Half Five Cutting Photographer Criminals Bucks

Book:Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)

Source: Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)

“I have no chips on my shoulder. I like to be constructive. As I have said, I have inspired many persons to take up photography. As a matter of fact, I inspire myself. (When I take a good picture I give myself a bonus.).”

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Author:Weegee

About the Author

Born: June 12, 1899
Died: December 26, 1968
Known for: Photographer
Quotes: 20

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