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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Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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 hate big models.

I hate big models.

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...

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 don't resent anything.

I don't resent anything.

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'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...

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...

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 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...

Get it out of your historic head.

Get it out of your historic head.