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> [I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-started-photographing-people-on-the-street-during-world-war-ii-i/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

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## More by Bill Cunningham

> [I'm a zero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-m-a-zero/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/the-best-fashion-show-is-definitely-on-the-street-always-has-been-and/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I could never concentrate on Sunday church services because I'd be concentrating on women's hats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-could-never-concentrate-on-sunday-church-services-because-i-d-be/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/the-main-thing-i-love-about-street-photography-is-that-you-find-the/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-took-to-new-york-life-like-a-star-shooting-through-the-heavens/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [When I'm photographing, I look for the personal style with which something is worn - sometimes even how an umbrella is carried or how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/when-i-m-photographing-i-look-for-the-personal-style-with-which/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I made hats until I went into the Army. I was drafted during the Korean War.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-made-hats-until-i-went-into-the-army-i-was-drafted-during-the/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [“Fashion is the armor to survive everyday life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/fashion-is-the-armor-to-survive-everyday-life/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [Legacy? I'm a worker in the factory; all we care about is today! A legacy... what a bunch of baloney.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/legacy-i-m-a-worker-in-the-factory-all-we-care-about-is-today-a/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-started-photographing-people-on-the-street-during-world-war-ii-i/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-just-loved-to-see-wonderfully-dressed-women-and-i-still-do-that-s/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [I let the streets talk to me. The streets speak to you - how you find out what's new, what people are wearing, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/i-let-the-streets-talk-to-me-the-streets-speak-to-you-how-you-find/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/money-s-the-cheapest-thing-liberty-and-freedom-is-the-most-expensive/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/there-s-nothing-free-stay-independent-and-don-t-fall/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

> [If someone is wearing something terrific, that's what I want to photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-cunningham/if-someone-is-wearing-something-terrific-that-s-what-i-want-to/)

[Bill Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-cunningham/)

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