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> [I have nothing but respect for people who travel the world to make art and put exotic Indians in front of linen backdrops, but it's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/i-have-nothing-but-respect-for-people-who-travel-the-world-to-make/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

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## More by Sally Mann

> [My main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/my-main-interest-was-finding-boyfriends-i-d-park-myself-in-the/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [Unless you photograph what you love, you're not going to make good art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/unless-you-photograph-what-you-love-you-re-not-going-to-make-good-art/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [“I struggle with enormous discrepancies: between the reality of motherhood and the image of it, between my love for my home and the need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/i-struggle-with-enormous-discrepancies-between-the-reality-of/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [“If you want to keep a memory pristine, you must not call upon it too often, for each time it is revisited, you alter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/if-you-want-to-keep-a-memory-pristine-you-must-not-call-upon-it-too/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [Sometimes, when I get a good picture, it feels like I have taken another nervous step into increasingly rarified air. Each good-news picture, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/sometimes-when-i-get-a-good-picture-it-feels-like-i-have-taken/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [One of the things my career as an artist might say to young artists is: The things that are close to you are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/one-of-the-things-my-career-as-an-artist-might-say-to-young-artists/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [If it doesn’t have ambiguity, don’t bother to take it. I love that, that aspect of photography—the mendacity of photography—it’s got to have some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/if-it-doesn-t-have-ambiguity-don-t-bother-to-take-it-i-love-that-that/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when you write,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/there-is-a-great-quote-from-a-female-writer-she-said-if-you-don-t/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [When the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/when-the-good-pictures-come-we-hope-they-tell-truths-but-truths-told/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [All the good pictures that came so easily now make the next set of pictures virtually impossible in your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/all-the-good-pictures-that-came-so-easily-now-make-the-next-set-of/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [ I’m so worried that I’m going to perfect \[my\] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/i-m-so-worried-that-i-m-going-to-perfect-my-technique-someday-i-have/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/the-things-that-are-close-to-you-are-the-things-you-can-photograph/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity, and when you're photographing children there's often an abundance of it. I would have an idea of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/like-all-photographers-i-depend-on-serendipity-and-when-you-re/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [I’m past photographing to see what things look like photographed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/i-m-past-photographing-to-see-what-things-look-like-photographed/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

> [What is truth in photography? It can be told in a hundred different ways. Every thirtieth of a second when the shutter snaps, its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mann/what-is-truth-in-photography-it-can-be-told-in-a-hundred-different/)

[Sally Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mann/)

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