When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

Quote by Imogen Cunningham

Topics: Imogen Cunningham Quotes

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 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.

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.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

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 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 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.

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 know what love means.

I don't know what love means.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

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 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....

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

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