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Robert Capa
American
Photographer
About the author
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,
American
Photographer
#Life
#War
If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#Truth
#Propaganda
The pictures are there, and you just take them.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#Talent
This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#War
#Old
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,
American
Photographer
#Being
#War
#Freedom
#Girls
#Drinks
I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#Life
#Hope
#End
#War
I am a gambler. I decided to go in with Company E in the first wave.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#First
#Company
For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#War
In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer
#Love
#War
#Hate
It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.
Robert Capa,
American
Photographer