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William Eggleston Quotes

I’m not particular. I don’t have favourite pictures Picture Quote #1

Photography just gets us out of the house Picture Quote #1

I like to photograph democratically Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough Picture Quote #1

I would go there quite frequently. I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color Picture Quote #1

Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn’t interest me Picture Quote #1

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I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I’ve never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something Picture Quote #1

My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown Picture Quote #1

I don’t like reading music. It’s like learning a language. You can’t read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it’s boring work Picture Quote #1

I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color Picture Quote #1

Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately they’re practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say-my partners in crime Picture Quote #1

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We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller) Picture Quote #1

A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white - people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We would exchange prints with each other, and they were always very supportive of what I was doing Picture Quote #1

Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it’s just about impossible to follow up with words. They don’t have anything to do with each other Picture Quote #1

I like to think that my works flow like music. That may be one reason I work in large groups versus one picture of one thing; it’s the flow of the whole series that counts Picture Quote #1

And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn’t interest me either. They were just not good-there was no art there. The first person who I respected immensely was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I still do Picture Quote #1

I don’t think much about the digital world... because I am in the analog world! Picture Quote #1

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Everything must work in concert. Composition is important, but so are many other things, from content to the way colours work with or against each other Picture Quote #1

You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures Picture Quote #1

There is no particular reason to search for meaning Picture Quote #1

You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too Picture Quote #1

I am at war with the obvious Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough Picture Quote #1

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I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I’ve never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something Picture Quote #1

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important Picture Quote #1

I don’t like reading music. It’s like learning a language. You can’t read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it’s boring work Picture Quote #1

It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason Picture Quote #1

Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do-it’s ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience Picture Quote #1

I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that is a rectangle with an object in the middle of it, which they can identify Picture Quote #1

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I’m not particular. I don’t have favourite pictures (William Eggleston Quotes) Photography just gets us out of the house (William Eggleston Quotes) I like to photograph democratically (William Eggleston Quotes) I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough. (William Eggleston Quotes) I would go there quite frequently. I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color. (William Eggleston Quotes) Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn’t interest me. (William Eggleston Quotes) I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I’ve never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something. (William Eggleston Quotes) My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown. (William Eggleston Quotes) I don’t like reading music. It’s like learning a language. You can’t read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it’s boring work. (William Eggleston Quotes) I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color (William Eggleston Quotes) Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens (William Eggleston Quotes) Unfortunately they’re practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say-my partners in crime. (William Eggleston Quotes) We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller) (William Eggleston Quotes) A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white - people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We would exchange prints with each other, and they were always very supportive of what I was doing. (William Eggleston Quotes) Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it’s just about impossible to follow up with words. They don’t have anything to do with each other. (William Eggleston Quotes) I like to think that my works flow like music. That may be one reason I work in large groups versus one picture of one thing; it’s the flow of the whole series that counts. (William Eggleston Quotes) And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn’t interest me either. They were just not good-there was no art there. The first person who I respected immensely was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I still do. (William Eggleston Quotes) I don’t think much about the digital world... because I am in the analog world! (William Eggleston Quotes) Everything must work in concert. Composition is important, but so are many other things, from content to the way colours work with or against each other (William Eggleston Quotes) You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures (William Eggleston Quotes) There is no particular reason to search for meaning (William Eggleston Quotes) You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too (William Eggleston Quotes) I am at war with the obvious (William Eggleston Quotes) I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough (William Eggleston Quotes) I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of. I’ve never been a bit interested in the fact that this was a picture of a blues musician or a street corner or something (William Eggleston Quotes) I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important (William Eggleston Quotes) I don’t like reading music. It’s like learning a language. You can’t read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it’s boring work (William Eggleston Quotes) It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason (William Eggleston Quotes) Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do-it’s ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience (William Eggleston Quotes) I am afraid that there are more people than I can imagine who can go no further than appreciating a picture that is a rectangle with an object in the middle of it, which they can identify (William Eggleston Quotes)

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