When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

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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...

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.

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 hate big models.

I hate big models.

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.

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

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

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...

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

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

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

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody...

I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.