Famous quotes by Photographers

"But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm"

Jock Sturges, Photographer

"Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body"

Jock Sturges, Photographer

"Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do"

Jock Sturges, Photographer

"All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in"

Jock Sturges, Photographer

"A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population"

Jock Sturges, Photographer

"Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I like photographs which leave something to the imagination"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"It was 1966 by the time I started taking pictures seriously, and books, newspapers and magazines of the time were full of great pictures that helped to inspire me"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I've been working with the land for most of my life; walking it and photographing it. And I love it to bits"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so, when I first started, I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I had been working in colour for ten years or so, and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"I don't get wrapped up in technique and the like"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"And in fact, I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing, and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much"

Fay Godwin, Photographer

"You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"When you grow up, your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult, you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"The thing that's important to know is that you never know. You're always sort of feeling your way"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"My favourite thing is to go where I've never been"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"Love involves a peculiar unfathomable combination of understanding and misunderstanding"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"I work from awkwardness. By that I mean, I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse"

Diane Arbus, Photographer

"Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick"

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Photographer

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