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
I was a make believe ethnographer: treating New Yorkers like an explorer would treat Zulus - searching for the rawest snapshot, the… — William Klein Believe 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 Annoyed 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
In fashion, you have assistants, flashes; you can make sets. There are people running around doing things for you. But I can… — William Klein Around Copy Share Image
I grew up in New York, in a rough neighborhood where our biggest concern was not getting beat up. I was always… — William Klein Always Copy Share Image
If a film is a real knockout like 'Raging Bull,' it does not matter that it might not have happened like that. — William Klein Bull 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
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
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 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
I thought it would be good not to hide the fact that you're taking a photograph, and have people react and come… — William Klein Good Copy Share Image
When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But… — William Klein Cinema Copy Share Image
I grew up in Manhattan. For Manhattanites, Brooklyn was the sticks, a second-rate civilization. My friends and I, we were so snobby.… — William Klein Brooklyn Copy Share Image
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
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
My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy. — William Klein Complaint Copy Share Image
I discovered that I could do whatever I wanted with a negative in a darkroom and an enlarger. — William Klein Could Copy Share Image
For my first book, 'New York,' I had one camera and two lenses. It was fotografia povera. — William Klein Book Copy Share Image
You do things for yourself, and you do things for other people, and you hope that these things coincide. — William Klein Coincide Copy Share Image
As a kid, I wanted to be part of the Lost Generation who came to France. — William Klein France Copy Share Image
If I didn't have to earn a living somehow, I would never have taken a fashion photograph in my life. — William Klein Fashion Copy Share Image
Memories. That's the thing about photography. I look at the contact sheet, and it brings back everything: whether I was tired, whether… — William Klein Back Copy Share Image
I did a film on Muhammad Ali before he was champion. I was there when he became champion in 1964. I was… — William Klein American Copy Share Image
I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I… — William Klein Balls Copy Share Image
I find it satisfying that what I've done in photography has had so much influence in how people take photographs and what… — William Klein Done Copy Share Image
Fashion had no interest for me. I would take photographs in the studio. I would go back home, and my wife would… — William Klein Back Copy Share Image
I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't… — William Klein Good Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by the Black Panthers because I'd been in contact with the Nation of Islam, thanks to Muhammad Ali, and… — William Klein Black Copy Share Image
I have a special relationship with God. And when I take the right photograph, God gives me a little bing! in the… — William Klein Giving Copy Share Image
I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or… — William Klein Assignments Copy Share Image
I had an experience that was kind of backward. Instead of thinking that photography was a step down, it brought me a… — William Klein Backward Copy Share Image
