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> [I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay and when we were browsing through the shops there were images that attracted me. These are all historical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-ve-been-collecting-photographs-since-i-don-t-know-when-for-a-long/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

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## More by Thomas Ruff

> [There have to be at least two copies of a photograph, otherwise it’s not a photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/there-have-to-be-at-least-two-copies-of-a-photograph-otherwise-it-s/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [If you look at photographers who say, "I hate digital photography," they all use Photoshop, even if it's to make the sky just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/if-you-look-at-photographers-who-say-i-hate-digital-photography-they/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [Normally if you add information to information, you have more information. In case of my art, I destroy information, I would say, because the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/normally-if-you-add-information-to-information-you-have-more/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-ve-been-collecting-photographs-since-i-don-t-know-when-for-a-long/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [The people have to know what my portraits are like in order to behave in such a way that the result is one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/the-people-have-to-know-what-my-portraits-are-like-in-order-to-behave/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [I think it is an anarchistic idea to have information on the front and the back. Normally if you add information to information, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-think-it-is-an-anarchistic-idea-to-have-information-on-the-front/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [Photographs are still always depictions, it's just that for my generation the model for the photograph is probably not reality any more, but images…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/photographs-are-still-always-depictions-it-s-just-that-for-my/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [If things are the way they are, why should I try to make them look different?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/if-things-are-the-way-they-are-why-should-i-try-to-make-them-look/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [I believe that photography can only reproduce the surface of things. The same applies to a portrait. I take photographs of people the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-believe-that-photography-can-only-reproduce-the-surface-of-things/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [In photography, you always have both the medium and the depicted subject at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/in-photography-you-always-have-both-the-medium-and-the-depicted/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [I'm very old fashioned. I still believe in the image and the pictorial quality of the image. It seems that I'm still busy with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-m-very-old-fashioned-i-still-believe-in-the-image-and-the-pictorial/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [You cannot explain the whole world in one photograph. Photography pretends. You can see everything that's in front of the camera, but there's always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/you-cannot-explain-the-whole-world-in-one-photograph-photography/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [My images are not images of reality, but show a kind of second reality, the image of the image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/my-images-are-not-images-of-reality-but-show-a-kind-of-second-reality/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [I received my training at an art academy, so what I produce is art. That's what is artistic about my photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/i-received-my-training-at-an-art-academy-so-what-i-produce-is-art/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

> [Press information is serious information, but press information is also manipulated by people who want you to think that this and that happened. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ruff/press-information-is-serious-information-but-press-information-is/)

[Thomas Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ruff/)

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