I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

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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 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 resent anything.

I don't resent anything.

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits...

Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits...

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.

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.

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.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

I don't know what love means.

I don't know what love means.

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

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

I hate big models.

I hate big models.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.