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

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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.

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...

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.

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 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...

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 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...

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 resent anything.

I don't resent anything.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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'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 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...

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

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

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