Leonard Nimoy Quotes

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

Without followers, evil cannot spread.

This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books - I'm showing slides and talking about the work

My memory of those places is better than my pictures.

That's why I get much more satisfaction out of shooting thematic work that has to do with an idea that I'm searching for, or searching to express.

A stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.

The miracle is this, the more we share, the more we have.

Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.

We are all children searching for love.

Essentially, in photography, I think on two levels: one emotional and the other technical. The emotional impact has to do with looking for something dramatic happening in the photograph, something that reaches out and touches somebody in some way. And the technical is having to do with composition and framing - light and dark, light and shadow.

You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into.

I am not Spock.

May I say that I have not thoroughly enjoyed serving with humans? I find their illogic and foolish emotions a constant irritant.

Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos.

I've never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question.

For a period of time, I carried cameras with me wherever I went, and then I realized that my interest in photography was turning toward the conceptual. So I wasn't carrying around cameras shooting stuff, I was developing concepts about what I wanted to shoot. And then I'd get the camera angle and do the job

Insufficient facts always invite danger.

But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.

I am not Spock. But given the choice, if I had to be someone else, I would be Spock. If someone said, "You can have the choice of being any other TV character ever played," I would choose Spock. I like him. I admire him. I respect him

After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but is often true.

Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is.

We were surrounded by two very important elements: academia and the arts. I was surrounded by theater, music, dance, museums. And I learned how to sail on the Charles River. So I had a great childhood in Boston. It was wonderful.

Interesting. You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.

There are studies that tell us that stress and lack of self-image, lack of self-esteem, severe dieting, binge dieting and binge eating can also be very damaging to a body and bring on various kinds of abnormalities.

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.

Fascinating is a word I use for the unexpected, in this case I would think interesting would suffice.

Years ago - in the 70s, for about a decade - I carried a camera every place I went. And I shot a lot of pictures that were still life and landscape, using available light.

What fiction could match - in drama or suspense - man's first walk on the Moon?

A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies... literally... and develop your own film and make prints.

What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching it to see if there's a photographic essay in it for me. If images don't start to come, I'll go to something else.

The miracle is this - the more you give, the more you have.

Where there is no emotion, there is no motive for violence.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

Curious how often you Humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.

Find out what it is that touches you most deeply. Pursue it, learn about it, explore it, expand on it. Live with it and nurture it.

Judging by the pollution content of the atmosphere, I believe we have arrived at the late twentieth century.

I know where Im going, and I know where Ive been.

These are beautiful days. Folks ask what I'm doing. I tell them I'm doing family.

I've noticed that about your people, Doctor. You find it easier to understand the death of one than the death of a million. You speak about the objective hardness of the Vulcan heart, yet how little room there seems to be in yours.

I consider myself more spiritual than religious.

Art, if it is successful, needs no explanation. Star Trek and Spock, if they are works of art, can be discussed. But finally the response comes in individual terms. Each viewer sees what is there for him, depending on his frame of reference.

I predict the future of this earthly human race is that having made a mess of Earth they'll move to outer space.

Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy. The following tale of alien encounters is true. By true I mean false. It's all lies. But they're entertaining lies and in the end, isn't that the truth? The answer is no.

I turned off the talking politicos. Too much jabbering at each other. Not enough care about humans.

Art, if it is successful, needs no explanation.

When you let me take I'm grateful. When you let me give I'm blessed.

I've enjoyed photography, ever since I was a teenager, and I'm still at it. I've had shows in various cities, around the country, and I have a number of pieces in permanent collections in museums that I'm very proud of.

You create your own life and your work. Give us your best.

I believe in goodness, mercy and charity. I believe in casting bread upon the waters.