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

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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 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 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...

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 hate big models.

I hate big models.

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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 don't know what love means.

I don't know what love means.

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...

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.

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

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

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...