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> [When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/when-people-magazine-called-me-i-did-the-job-on-ansel-i-m-older-than/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

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## More by Imogen Cunningham

> [I never divide photographers into creative and uncreative, I just call them photographers. Who is creative? How do you know who is creative or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-never-divide-photographers-into-creative-and-uncreative-i-just-call/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-never-stopped-photographing-there-were-a-couple-of-years-when-i/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [I wasn't very ambitious. I think that's the solution. I just took things as they came. I wouldn't say I didn't have any problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-wasn-t-very-ambitious-i-think-that-s-the-solution-i-just-took/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-don-t-think-there-s-any-such-thing-as-teaching-people-photography/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/some-people-say-to-me-isn-t-it-too-bad-that-people-discovered-you-so/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/you-see-i-became-kind-of-a-drop-out-in-science-after-i-came-back-to/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/when-people-magazine-called-me-i-did-the-job-on-ansel-i-m-older-than/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/when-you-do-portraits-professionally-it-s-not-a-desire-it-s-for-money/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/suppose-cartier-bresson-asked-the-man-who-jumped-the-puddle-to-do-it/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/there-are-certain-things-you-don-t-discuss-with-ansel-especially-if/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/oh-you-ask-me-what-is-the-greatest-torture-of-a-person-who-does/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/so-many-people-dislike-themselves-so-thoroughly-that-they-never-see/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-was-poor-when-you-re-poor-you-work-and-when-you-re-rich-you-expect/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/i-became-kind-of-a-drop-out-in-science-after-i-came-back-to-america-i/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

> [ ...There are too many people studying it \[photography\] now who are never going to make it. You can't give them a formula for making… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imogen-cunningham/there-are-too-many-people-studying-it-photography-now-who-are-never/)

[Imogen Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imogen-cunningham/)

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