--- title: "15 Photograph Quotes By Richard Avedon" description: "15 Photograph quotes by Richard Avedon. Plus more from Richard Avedon and more Photograph sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-avedon-10149_give_if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-s_423138.jpg" --- > [If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-soul-isn-t-it-possible-that-i/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-avedon-10149_give_if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-s_423138.jpg) > [The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transformed-into-a-photograph-it-is/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/richard-avedon-10149_emotion_the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transfo_630296.jpg) > [My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they-are-about-the-people-i/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/richard-avedon-10149_painting_my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they_2888285.jpg) > [Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. It is this fourth dimension of people that I try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/real-people-move-they-bear-with-them-the-element-of-time-it-is-this/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/richard-avedon-10149_bears_real-people-move-they-bear-with-them-the_925013.jpg) > [The pictures have a reality for me that the people don't. It is through the photographs that I know them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/the-pictures-have-a-reality-for-me-that-the-people-don-t-it-is/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/richard-avedon-10149_inspirational_the-pictures-have-a-reality-for-me-that_1804224.jpg) > [When you pose for a photograph, it's behind a smile that isn't yours. You are angry and hungry and alive. What I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/when-you-pose-for-a-photograph-it-s-behind-a-smile-that-isn-t-yours/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/richard-avedon-10149_alive_when-you-pose-for-a-photograph-it-s-behi_1484374.jpg) > [A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/a-photographic-portrait-is-a-picture-of-someone-who-knows-he-is-being/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/richard-avedon-10149_being_a-photographic-portrait-is-a-picture-of_87410.jpg) > [My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/my-photographs-don-t-go-below-the-surface-they-don-t-go-below-2/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/richard-avedon-10149_below-the-surface_my-photographs-don-t-go-below-the-surfac_1678727.jpg) > [I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-ve-photographed-just-about-everyone-in-the-world-but-what-i-hope-to/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/richard-avedon-10149_accomplishment_i-ve-photographed-just-about-everyone-in_393480.jpg) > [A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/a-photographic-portrait-is-a-picture-of-someone-who-knows-he-s-being/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/richard-avedon-10149_certain_a-photographic-portrait-is-a-picture-of_1340357.jpg) > [A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/a-portrait-is-not-a-likeness-the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/richard-avedon-10149_accurate_a-portrait-is-not-a-likeness-the-moment_608212.jpg) > [I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-don-t-really-remember-the-day-when-i-stood-behind-my-camera-with/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/richard-avedon-10149_amount_i-don-t-really-remember-the-day-when-i-s_744874.jpg) > [There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/there-was-no-such-person-as-marilyn-monroe-marilyn-monroe-was-an/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf0/richard-avedon-10149_actresses_there-was-no-such-person-as-marilyn-monr_1951483.jpg) > [My photographs don't go below the surface. They don't go below anything. They're readings of the surface. I have great faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/my-photographs-don-t-go-below-the-surface-they-don-t-go-below/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/richard-avedon-10149_beauty_my-photographs-don-t-go-below-the-surfac_805899.jpg) > [For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that's-she did Marilyn Monroe. And then there was the inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/for-hours-she-danced-and-sang-and-flirted-and-did-this-thing-that-s/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/richard-avedon-10149_cameras_for-hours-she-danced-and-sang-and-flirte_2321815.jpg) ## Other authors on Photograph ## More by Richard Avedon > [A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/a-photographic-portrait-is-a-picture-of-someone-who-knows-he-is-being/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/snapshots-that-have-been-taken-of-me-working-show-something-i-was-not/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/sometimes-i-think-all-my-pictures-are-just-pictures-of-me/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/there-s-always-been-a-separation-between-fashion-and-what-i-call-my/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-can-see-myself-as-a-very-old-man-in-a-terrific-wheelchair-only-i/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-am-and-forever-will-be-devastated-by-the-gift-of-audrey-hepburn/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-ve-photographed-just-about-everyone-in-the-world-but-what-i-hope-to/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-soul-isn-t-it-possible-that-i/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/marilyn-monroe-gave-more-to-the-still-camera-than-any-actress-any/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [ It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface \[sic\] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/it-s-in-trying-to-direct-the-traffic-between-artiface-sic-and-candor/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/a-portrait-is-not-a-likeness-the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transformed-into-a-photograph-it-is/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [When I was a boy, my family took great care with our snapshots. We really planned them. We made compositions. We posed in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/when-i-was-a-boy-my-family-took-great-care-with-our-snapshots-we/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [I don't really remember the day when I stood behind my camera with Henry Kissinger on the other side. I am sure he doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/i-don-t-really-remember-the-day-when-i-stood-behind-my-camera-with/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) > [And if a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/and-if-a-day-goes-by-without-my-doing-something-related-to/) [Richard Avedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-avedon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photograph/richard-avedon/#itemlist", "name": "15 Photograph Quotes By Richard Avedon", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Avedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-soul-isn-t-it-possible-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-avedon-10149_give_if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-s_423138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-avedon-10149_give_if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-s_423138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/729/richard-avedon-10149_give_if-each-photograph-steals-a-bit-of-the-s_423138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I…” — Richard Avedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Avedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transformed-into-a-photograph-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/richard-avedon-10149_emotion_the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transfo_630296.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/richard-avedon-10149_emotion_the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transfo_630296.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/richard-avedon-10149_emotion_the-moment-an-emotion-or-fact-is-transfo_630296.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.” — Richard Avedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Avedon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-avedon/my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they-are-about-the-people-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/richard-avedon-10149_painting_my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they_2888285.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/richard-avedon-10149_painting_my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they_2888285.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cca/richard-avedon-10149_painting_my-portraits-are-more-about-me-than-they_2888285.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.” — Richard Avedon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. 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