All Jock Sturges Quotes
- It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively. Art
- No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the same way. Admirable
- Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even… Beautiful
- That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion. Consumption
- That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is. Ambition
- The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancies of the mothers of the children in… Best
- The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative. Collaborative
- The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller… Any
- There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations. All
- There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed. Alive
- There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo… Aesthetic
- Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done. Best
- When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable. Ago
- I'd rather get back to making art than talk about it. Art
- What I'm good at is making art. Art
- What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a terrible, terrible degree - a devastating degree - is that… Abuse
- We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off. Age
- If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing that, follow that finger back, go up the arm and… Almost Always
- As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon. Appealing
- They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left. Clothes
- Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I… Angles
- The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure that they're really happy to be there. Check