I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.

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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...

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'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.

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...

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

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

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...

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.

I don't resent anything.

I don't resent anything.

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...

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...

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

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 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 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 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 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 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.