Quotes: Brassai

Speaking of photographing amongst the dangerous small time hoods and pimps of night time Paris.

"My passion for capturing these pictures made me almost oblivious to danger."

Speaking of making a portrait.
 
"You must look into their eyes and see whats inside of them, but then you must look away because they don't like that."

"When I do a persons portrait, I like to photograph the immobility of the face, so as to refer each of us back to his own solitude. The mobility of the face is always an accident. I search for what is permanent."