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Success Quote by Leonard Nimoy

"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"

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A working actor talking like a mystic is usually a red flag; from Leonard Nimoy, it lands as craft. The “camera” is an honest prop for someone whose life was spent translating the unfilmable - thought, soul, presence - into something an audience can feel. He frames creativity as a chase scene with an unreliable witness: reality is there, but the most important part of it keeps slipping out of the frame.

The “essentially invisible” reads like more than a lover or a muse. It’s the thing performers spend careers trying to catch: an authentic moment before it self-censors. Nimoy’s best-known role, Spock, was built on the tension between what can be said and what can only be suggested. That same tension sits inside this dream. He’s not claiming mastery; he’s admitting the medium’s limits. Photography promises proof, yet he’s pursuing something that resists proof by nature. That contradiction is the engine.

“Her” is deliberately vague, and that’s the point. By gendering the invisible, he gives it intimacy without pinning it down. It becomes a relationship: fleeting, frustrating, occasionally generous. “Every once in a while” is the line that makes the whole thing believable - artistry isn’t a constant state, it’s intermittent access. The “grab” is almost desperate, a reminder that inspiration doesn’t arrive politely; you have to be ready, and a little ruthless, when it finally shows itself.

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Nimoy, Leonard. (n.d.). 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. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-concept-is-that-i-have-a-camera-and-i-am-54849/

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Nimoy, Leonard. "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." FixQuotes. Accessed February 1, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-concept-is-that-i-have-a-camera-and-i-am-54849/.

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"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." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-dream-concept-is-that-i-have-a-camera-and-i-am-54849/. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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Leonard Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is a Actor from USA.

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