Annie Leibovitz

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

— Annie Leibovitz

Photography is not something you retire from.

— Annie Leibovitz

If it makes you cry, it goes in the show.

— Annie Leibovitz

A lot can be told from what happens in between the main moments.

— Annie Leibovitz

Nature is so powerful, so strong. It takes you to a place within yourself.

— Annie Leibovitz

No one ever thought Clint Eastwood was funny, but he was.

— Annie Leibovitz

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

— Annie Leibovitz

I fight to take a good photograph every single time.

— Annie Leibovitz

I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall.

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel very proud of the work from the '80s because it is very bright and colorful.

— Annie Leibovitz

As you get older, you have different tools, and you learn to use photography differently.

— Annie Leibovitz

In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but…

— Annie Leibovitz

One of the great things about being an older person is that I am very aware of the scope of the work…

— Annie Leibovitz

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over…

— Annie Leibovitz

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected.

— Annie Leibovitz

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know…

— Annie Leibovitz

When I started working for Rolling Stone, I became very interested in journalism and thought maybe that's what I was doing, but…

— Annie Leibovitz

What I learned from Lennon was something that did stay with me my whole career, which is to be very straightforward. I…

— Annie Leibovitz

I fell in love with the darkroom, and that was part of being a photographer at the time. The darkroom was unbelievably…

— Annie Leibovitz

I admired the work of photographers like Beaton, Penn, and Avedon as much as I respected the grittier photographers such as Robert…

— Annie Leibovitz

I was scared when I went to Conde Nast. I had heard horror stories about how they used you up and then…

— Annie Leibovitz

Everyone has a point of view. Some people call it style, but what we're really talking about is the guts of a…

— Annie Leibovitz

I went on tour with the Rolling Stones in 1972 for two or three cities. And in 1975, I was the tour…

— Annie Leibovitz

All dancers are, by and large, a photographer's dream. They communicate with their bodies and they are trained to be completely responsive…

— Annie Leibovitz

When I started to be published I thought about Margaret Bourke-White and the whole journalistic approach to things. I believed I was…

— Annie Leibovitz

There's an idea that it's hard to be a woman artist. People assume that women have fewer opportunities, less power. But it's…

— Annie Leibovitz

The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination…

— Annie Leibovitz

“Things happen in front of you. That's perhaps the most wonderful and mysterious aspect of photography. It seemed like you just had…

— Annie Leibovitz

I think self-portraits are very difficult. I’ve always seen mine as straightforward, very stripped down, hair pulled back. No shirt. Whatever light…

— Annie Leibovitz

I’ve said about a million times that the best thing a young photographer can do is to stay close to home. Start…

— Annie Leibovitz

“Abraham helped build their cabin and split rails for a fence, but he soon left home for good. The log cabin near…

— Annie Leibovitz

I actually love talking about taking pictures, and I think that helps everyone.

— Annie Leibovitz

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

— Annie Leibovitz

I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

— Annie Leibovitz

At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.

— Annie Leibovitz

I still need the camera because it is the only reason anyone is talking to me.

— Annie Leibovitz

I can't stand the word 'celebrity.' It's such a brash word.

— Annie Leibovitz

I've always cared more about taking pictures than about the art market.

— Annie Leibovitz

A very subtle difference can make the picture or not.

— Annie Leibovitz

I've learned to create a palette, a vocabulary of ways to take pictures.

— Annie Leibovitz