Messengers Quotes by Steven Sebring

At the beginning I didn't even really think about making a movie [Dream of Life]. I was just thinking of documenting somebody.

— Steven Sebring

We just grew to trust each other [with Patti Smith] more and more over the years. Most of the time I didn't even have…

— Steven Sebring

That was an amazing experience [making Dream of Life]. It's hard to imagine that we were editing every day for a year. And it…

— Steven Sebring

We had a hodgepodge of footage. We didn't film [in Dream of Life ]all the time - we would just film periodically, so nothing…

— Steven Sebring

I thought about how to film something, how to take pictures of it and how to mix it all together. And I was getting…

— Steven Sebring

I would bring Patti [Smith ] in to the editing room [working on the Dream of Life] and say, "This is a great moment…

— Steven Sebring

I like not knowing too much about somebody I'm photographing, because the process also becomes an experience for me to learn about .

— Steven Sebring

Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted…

— Steven Sebring

She let me in during her tour, in London. Her band members - especially Lenny Kaye - were shocked at the fact that I…

— Steven Sebring

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of…

— Steven Sebring

I took pictures of the objects and artifacts that Patti [Smith] would show to her friends because I wanted to document them.

— Steven Sebring

I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful…

— Steven Sebring

I shot [Dream of Life] all on 16-millimeter, and I just wanted to learn about Patti [Smith].

— Steven Sebring

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

— Steven Sebring

I wasn't familiar with Patti [Smith ]much at all. When I was asked to photograph her, my wife said, "Oh my God, Patti Smith!"…

— Steven Sebring