Lennart Nilsson

“We are more of a fish than a human being for the first two months.”

“When you are a photographer, you are not a specialist but a generalist. You are a journalist with a camera.”

“The picture is the only language that can be understood all over the world.”

“The camera is my third eye. With it, I can see the innermost secrets of life.”

“This is the real story of humanity. This is where we all come from. We all looked like this once.”

“I have felt a responsibility to explain to people what is going on inside them.”

“The fetus is a person. At eight weeks, it has a face and it can squint and make a fist. It has a soul.”

“My ambition has been to show the beauty of life, in all its forms.”

“Science is the new art.”

“To be a photographer is to be a witness.”