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"Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most." -- Philippe Halsman
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"I never wanted to be famous. I wasn't as steady as a tripod." – Brian Duffy
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"Things looked funny because my pictures depend on an emotional state... I know this is true and I thought about this for a long time. Somehow it made me feel very, very good." – Francesca Woodman
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"Photography has always reminded me of the second child... trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn’t really considered an art... that it was considered a craft... has trapped almost every serious photographer." – Richard Avedon
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"I didn’t choose photography; it chose me. I didn’t know it at the time. An artist doesn’t think first then do it, he is driven." – Ilse Bing
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"A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." – Irving Penn
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A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know. – Diane Arbus
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"I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied." – Julia Margaret Cameron
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"They carried the joys and sorrows of those living with the sea ... I immersed myself in their world." – Iwase Yoshiyuki
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"In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject." – Henri Cartier-Bresson
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“If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.” — Robert Capa
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"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." — Ansel Adams