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A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.


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Photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you'd never paid attention to.

Photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you'd never paid attention to.



In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.

In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.



I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do.

I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do.



There are the things that are out in the open and then there are the things that are hidden, and life has more to do, the real world has more to do with what is hidden, maybe. You think?

There are the things that are out in the open and then there are the things that are hidden, and life has more to do, the real world has more to do with what is hidden, maybe. You think?



The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.

The important thing in life is not what you get, but what you throw out.



Seeing is a neglected enterprise.

Seeing is a neglected enterprise.



I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera.

I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera.



When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.

When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.



If I’d only known which [photographs] would be very good and liked, I wouldn’t have had to do all the thousands of others.

If I’d only known which [photographs] would be very good and liked, I wouldn’t have had to do all the thousands of others.



I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.

I admired a tremendous number of photographers, but for some reason I arrived at a point of view of my own.





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The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

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Girls scare me more than boys. Boys are cruel. Girls are mean.

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I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.



I don't think there's anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing.

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As well might you leave the fairies to plough your land or the idle winds to sow it, as sit down and wait for freedom.

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I think skateboarding is hugely challenging - it teaches you self-confidence, it teaches you self-motivation, and it can be something that helps you throughout your life.

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Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.

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