Sebastiao Salgado Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I work on stories rather than individual pictures.”

“I'm not a religious person. The language of photography is symbolic.”

“We live in a society where we never prepare people to be a community.”

“I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.”

“For me, art is such a wide concept - anything can be art.”

“Of course, I won't be abandoning photography, because it is my life.”

“I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.”

“I have two children. I have a Down syndrome child whom I love very much, and my wife that I love.”

“It is important what you eat now, what you do now. If we were interested in a sustainable planet where other generations have a right to a decent future, we would not live like this.”

“Of course I will continue photography. I love photography. But when you become old, it's too much.”