Frasi di Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography. Wikipedia  

✵ 3. Dicembre 1923 – 26. Novembre 2013
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Saul Leiter: Frasi in inglese

“I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.”

As quoted in Saul Leiter (2008) by Agnès Sire
Contesto: 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.

“I don’t have a talent for narcissism.”

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)
Contesto: I am not immersed in self-admiration. When I am listening to Vivaldi or Japanese music or making spaghetti at three in the morning and realize that I don’t have the proper sauce for it, fame is of no use. The other way to put it is that I don’t have a talent for narcissism. Or, to put it yet another way, the mirror is not my best friend.

“I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old fashioned idea.”

As quoted in Saul Leiter (2008) by Agnès Sire
Contesto: I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have a great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old fashioned idea. Some photographers think that by taking pictures of human misery, they are addressing a serious problem. I do not think that misery is more profound than happiness.

“It’s quite possible that my work represents a search for beauty in the most prosaic and ordinary places. One doesn’t have to be in some faraway dreamland in order to find beauty.”

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)
Contesto: I never thought of the urban environment as isolating. I leave these speculations to others. It’s quite possible that my work represents a search for beauty in the most prosaic and ordinary places. One doesn’t have to be in some faraway dreamland in order to find beauty. I realize that the search for beauty is not highly popular these days. Agony, misery and wretchedness, now these are worth perusing.

“I don’t plan things. As a rule I prefer to see what happens.”

Saul Leiter: The Quiet Iconoclast (2009)

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