I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

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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...

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 don't resent anything.

I don't resent anything.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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 know what love means.

I don't know what love means.

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 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 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 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...

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.