Quotes by Photographers

I always thought I was going to be an artist. I used to draw, and I would read Russian novels until 3 or 4 in the morning. William Klein
Morning Thought Draw Would Russian Until Read Always Artist Going Used Novels
If I didn't have to earn a living somehow, I would never have taken a fashion photograph in my life. William Klein
Life Fashion My Life Living Earn Photograph Would Somehow Never Taken
If a film is a real knockout like 'Raging Bull,' it does not matter that it might not have happened like that. William Klein
Matter Like Does Real Bull Happened Might Raging Film
This is supposed to be the Big Apple, with neighborhoods where the houses are all good-looking and the skyscrapers and everything. But to me, New York is kind of shoddy and uncomfortable. William Klein
Me Big Everything Neighborhoods Kind Uncomfortable Good-Looking New Supposed Houses Shoddy York New York Where Skyscrapers Apple
The best critics of America are Americans. William Klein
Best Critics America American
My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy. William Klein
Politics Me Crazy Drive Complaint American
I didn't really know who Cassius Clay was. I just wanted to show America through a heavyweight championship fight. Ever since my childhood, I'd been fascinated by the way the whole country becomes polarised around this event. William Klein
Fight Country Way Clay Through Since Know Around Becomes Been America Childhood Just Wanted Heavyweight Really Show Who Fascinated Whole Event Ever Championship
Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent. William Klein
Me Money Older Other Back Soldiers More Most Were Families Than Prudent Sent
I was a very clumsy Jewish kid. William Klein
Kid Very Clumsy Jewish
Don't have rules, taboos, or limits. William Klein
Rules Taboos Limits
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, I used to think that most of these fashion creators weren't that great, and if the photograph was good, it was mostly thanks to the photographer. William Klein
Good Fashion Great Thanks Think Late Photograph Photographer Most Mostly Were Sixties Fifties Used Creators Early
You do things for yourself, and you do things for other people, and you hope that these things coincide. William Klein
Hope You Yourself People Other Things Coincide
I think that Damien Hirst putting a shark in a bath of formaldehyde is nothing. William Klein
Nothing Think Bath Shark Putting
I was making a film on Muhammad Ali in 1964, and I went to Miami to film everything around the fight for the world championship with Sonny Liston. I had the good luck of flying down to Miami, and there was one empty seat, and the guy sitting next to this empty seat was Malcolm X. William Klein
Good Fight World Down Luck Ali Everything Good Luck Flying Guy Had Sonny Empty Around Making Malcolm Malcolm X Miami Sitting Next Muhammad Muhammad Ali World Championship Film Seat Championship
I was fascinated by the Black Panthers because I'd been in contact with the Nation of Islam, thanks to Muhammad Ali, and their way of talking was that the whites were the devil, and they'd get rid of them once they took over. William Klein
Black Devil Islam Nation Thanks Ali Took Once Way Contact Over Talking Because Were Been Get Them Whites Muhammad Muhammad Ali Rid Fascinated
When I made 'Polly Maggoo,' it was more or less the end of this collaboration with 'Vogue' because I made a caricature of the editor-in-chief and the fashion people, so they didn't really adore me. William Klein
Fashion Me People Made Caricature Collaboration More Vogue More Or Less Adore Because End Really Less
I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't matter to me. William Klein
Good Me Respect Matter Had Stuff Know Because Real Self-Taught Technique
I wasn't part of any movement. I was working alone, following my instinct. William Klein
Alone Following Part Instinct Any Movement Working
Photography led me to experiment in graphic work and, actually, painting. William Klein
Work Me Photography Experiment Painting Led Graphic Actually
When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But I do mind that there is a sort of consensus with the camera and the subject and the light, and you look at something, and you photograph it, and you get what you see. William Klein
You Photography Light Mind Digital Accidents Photograph Easy See Something Look Sort Camera Subject Get Any Use Film Consensus
The digital camera takes photographs in practically no light: it will dig out the least bit of light available. I was amazed to see the results of photographs that I wouldn't take ordinarily. That's the advantage of digital photography. William Klein
Photography Light Digital Will Dig Bit Out Photographs See Results Take Takes Advantage Practically Least Amazed Camera Ordinarily Available
I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby. Living in the Bronx or Brooklyn was incredible... for me, that was like a foreign country. William Klein
Me Country Living Second-Rate Incredible Bronx Brooklyn Civilization Like Sticks Foreign Foreign Country Were Up Friends Snobby Manhattan Grew
As a kid, I wanted to be part of the Lost Generation who came to France. William Klein
Generation Lost France Kid Part Came Wanted Who
Change in my work happens not in revolutions - it's more evolutionary. Wolfgang Tillmans
Work Change Evolutionary More Revolutions Happens
In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth. Wolfgang Tillmans
World Earth Oneself Diverse Physically Most Move Order Experiencing Places Engage
I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use. Wolfgang Tillmans
Picture Practice Whatever See Making Available Use
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