I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.

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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 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 don't know what love means.

I don't know what love means.

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...

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 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.

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 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 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....

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.

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 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.

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...