Quotes About Spontaneity

Pictures should never be posed. They are 'revealed' so must be accepted as they are. Left alone.

The trouble came from the boys, or, more exactly, from the boys between the ages of about five and about eleven, who did not come with any plans or expectations, and who therefore took their entertainment as a matter of adventure, making do with whatever came to hand.

Later, Jenny would say she seldom knew what she would take a picture of when she picked up a camera, that she only knew once she peered through the viewfinder, as if the photograph had finally found her.

I improvise. It's my greatest talent. I prefer situations to plans

I improvise. It's my greatest talent. I prefer situations to plans - Wintermute

He was so delighted he stood on his head. And this is one of the ways small boys show they're delighted, they stand on their head and waggle their feet in the air.

I am not a planner. I follow. Tell me what to do and no man alive does it better. But my mind is like fine wine; it travels badly.

Kid -- the next time I say, 'Let's go someplace like Bolivia,' let's go someplace like Bolivia.

None of us have to obey instructions. I consider my own existence proof of that. So much of life is cobbled together when plans go awry. That is often where happiness comes from.

To increase positive variance is to welcome humanity and spontaneity into the system.

There's a saying: "Life is first draft". Means you pretty much make it up as you go along, and there's never a chance for a rewrite.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

Live each day like your hair's on fire!

Kur njerëzit humbasin spontanitetin, atëherë kanë filluar të plaken.

Some of the most rewarding and beautiful moments of a friendship happen in the unforeseen open spaces between planned activities. It is important that you allow these spaces to exist.

Some men like a dull life - they like the routine of eating breakfast, going to work, coming home, petting the dog, watching TV, kissing the kids, and going to bed. Stay clear of it - it's often catching.

A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image....

There are no rules. That is how art is born.

Our whole life is an attempt to discover when our spontaneity is whimsical, sentimental irresponsiblity and when it is a valid expression of our deepest desires and values.

The skirt flared wonderfully, and there was the sweet ribbon bow at the waist. It was a dress to be worn by the sort of girl who'd check that no one was looking, then skip down a quiet street instead of walking, just so the fun of it was hers alone.

It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain.

My motto: Why think rationally when you can add a little drama?)

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to "give a meaning" to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of the mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry.