I always thought I was going to be an artist. I used to draw, and I would read Russian novels until 3… — William Klein Always Copy Share Image
I was 24 years old at the time. I had no real notion of what photography was about. I had no training.… — William Klein Accident Copy Share Image
I have always done the opposite of what I was trained to do... Having little technical background, I became a photographer. Adopting… — William Klein Adopting Copy Share Image
My father was like Willy Loman, you know: he never really made it - and he was from a family where there… — William Klein Family Copy Share Image
My father was convinced that America was the greatest place in the world. I'm afraid I didn't have the family I would… — William Klein America Copy Share Image
This is supposed to be the Big Apple, with neighborhoods where the houses are all good-looking and the skyscrapers and everything. But… — William Klein Everything Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm doing something that's worthwhile. I feel like I'm showing something other people haven't shown. I don't get to… — William Klein First sight Copy Share Image
The kinetic quality of New York, the kids, dirt, madness - I tried to find a photographic style that would come close… — William Klein Find Copy Share Image
In America, kids would go to college and get out and buy a second-hand car and go across the country and discover… — William Klein America Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be… — William Klein Bangs Copy Share Image
My way of living and working is that I'll do my thing. I went from one thing to another. That annoyed people.… — William Klein Another Copy Share Image
I always dreamed of working in Paris, of going to the Coupole and slapping Picasso or Giacometti on the shoulder. — William Klein Always Copy Share Image
What would please me most is to make photographs as incomprehensible as life. — William Klein Inspirational Copy Share Image
The digital camera takes photographs in practically no light: it will dig out the least bit of light available. I was amazed… — William Klein Camera Copy Share Image
My grandfather and his wife came to America at the end of the 19th century from Hungary. Everyone started out on the… — William Klein America Copy Share Image
People didn't object to me taking their photo. It was something everybody thought was their due: to be King for a Day,… — William Klein Day Copy Share Image
Photography led me to experiment in graphic work and, actually, painting. — William Klein Experiment Copy Share Image
In the late Fifties and early Sixties, I used to think that most of these fashion creators weren't that great, and if… — William Klein Early Copy Share Image
My sister was brilliant: she was in the 25 top math students in the country. When she finished college, I said, 'Spend… — William Klein Country Copy Share Image
I'm known for fashion photographs, but fashion photographs were mostly a joke for me. In 'Vogue,' girls were playing at being duchesses,… — William Klein Brooklyn Copy Share Image
When I was a kid in New York, long before saturation sports coverage, the world heavyweight championship was, with the baseball World… — William Klein Baseball Copy Share Image
