Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know.

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I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph....

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph....

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.

When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't...

When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't...

I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a...

I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a...

When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel...

When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel...

There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.

There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.

It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side...

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side...

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at...

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at...

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them...

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them...

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't...

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't...

I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy...

I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy...

I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I...

I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I...

You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to...

You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to...

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When...

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When...

I hate big models.

I hate big models.

I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.

I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.