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> [A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white-people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We would exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working-in-black-and-white-people/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

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> [A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white - people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working-in-black-and-white-people-2/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

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> [Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/black-and-white-photography-which-i-was-doing-in-the-very-early-days/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

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## More by William Eggleston

> [I like to think that my works flow like music. That may be one reason I work in large groups versus one picture of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-like-to-think-that-my-works-flow-like-music-that-may-be-one-reason/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I don't look at other photographs much at all. I don't know why. I study my own a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-don-t-look-at-other-photographs-much-at-all-i-don-t-know-why-i/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I had the attitude that I would work with this present-day material and do the best I could to describe it with photography, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-had-the-attitude-that-i-would-work-with-this-present-day-material/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [Generally, that's what happens-a fundamental rotting of the idea. They woke up with the wrong idea. It's just like music: If you don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/generally-that-s-what-happens-a-fundamental-rotting-of-the-idea-they/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I knew it was happening, but I never paid much attention to it . . . just to the passage of time. Something new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-knew-it-was-happening-but-i-never-paid-much-attention-to-it-just-to/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/you-become-technically-proficient-whether-you-want-to-or-not-the-more/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say - my partners in crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/unfortunately-they-re-practically-all-dead-and-many-were-my-closest/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more or less important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-had-this-notion-of-what-i-called-a-democratic-way-of-looking-around/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-met-and-became-close-with-john-szarkowski-of-the-museum-of-modern/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [The immediate reviews were very hostile, but they didn't bother me-I had the attitude that I was right. The poor guys who were critics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/the-immediate-reviews-were-very-hostile-but-they-didn-t-bother-me-i/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [Only the few times I've been to so-called treatment centers, which were a complete waste of money and useless. I didn't know what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/only-the-few-times-i-ve-been-to-so-called-treatment-centers-which/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/i-quite-frequently-don-t-look-through-the-camera-which-is-very-close/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white-people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We would exchange prints with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working-in-black-and-white-people/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [Everything must work in concert. Composition is important, but so are many other things, from content to the way colours work with or against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/everything-must-work-in-concert-composition-is-important-but-so-are/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

> [My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/my-friend-who-i-went-to-boarding-school-with-was-interested-in/)

[William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/)

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