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> [A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of actuality the great Chinese poets accept the world exactly as they find it in all its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/a-quote-that-i-like-very-much-comes-close-to-explaining-my-attitude/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

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## More by Stephen Shore

> [I don't have to have a single point of emphasis in the picture. It can be complex, because it's so detailed that the viewer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-don-t-have-to-have-a-single-point-of-emphasis-in-the-picture-it-can/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could. Because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-don-t-know-how-much-a-photograph-can-add-to-a-biography-the-way-a/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I was photographing every meal I ate, every person I met, every waiter or waitress who served me, every bed I slept in, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-was-photographing-every-meal-i-ate-every-person-i-met-every-waiter/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [A quote that I like very much comes close to explaining my attitude about taking photographs. ‘Chinese poetry rarely trespasses beyond the bounds of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/a-quote-that-i-like-very-much-comes-close-to-explaining-my-attitude/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [Photography is inherently an analytic discipline. Where a painter starts with a blank canvas and builds a picture, a photographer starts with the messiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/photography-is-inherently-an-analytic-discipline-where-a-painter/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I have to be reminded, “’It’s your son’s birthday party. Bring a camera.’ And then, when I’m there, ‘Take a picture,’ because it doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-have-to-be-reminded-it-s-your-son-s-birthday-party-bring-a-camera/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I'm not interested in doing the same kind of picture over and over again. I pose problems for myself. Sometimes they are aesthetic problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-m-not-interested-in-doing-the-same-kind-of-picture-over-and-over/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I realize that as I get more experience as I get older, my perception changes and that feeds the photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-realize-that-as-i-get-more-experience-as-i-get-older-my-perception/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I think most serious photographers understand that there's this large gap between the world and how the world looks through a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-think-most-serious-photographers-understand-that-there-s-this-large/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [A lot of the photography I'm doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/a-lot-of-the-photography-i-m-doing-and-thinking-about-is-directed-at/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [The danger is that you can wind up doing tourist pictures. I want to see it fresh and see the little bits of everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/the-danger-is-that-you-can-wind-up-doing-tourist-pictures-i-want-to/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/if-you-ve-met-one-person-with-autism-you-ve-met-one-person-with-autism/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I had a creative hot streak in the 1940s and since then I’ve been pot boiling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-had-a-creative-hot-streak-in-the-1940s-and-since-then-i-ve-been-pot/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [There's something essentially fictive about a photograph. That doesn't mean that if you understand that, and you understand how the world is transformed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/there-s-something-essentially-fictive-about-a-photograph-that-doesn-t/)

[Stephen Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-shore/)

> [I meet young artists and it becomes clear that with some the main motivation is getting a show in Chelsea. It strikes me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-shore/i-meet-young-artists-and-it-becomes-clear-that-with-some-the-main/)

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