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
I like dark humor. I think the world is very funny and tragic, and my photographs are basically dark Jewish humor. — William Klein Dark Copy Share Image
If I look back, I think most of the things I did - the films, the books, the collaborations with these magazines… — William Klein Accident Copy Share Image
I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite… — William Klein Composition Copy Share Image
Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent. — William Klein Back Copy Share Image
I didn't really know who Cassius Clay was. I just wanted to show America through a heavyweight championship fight. Ever since my… — William Klein America 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
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 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 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 had an experience that was kind of backward. Instead of thinking that photography was a step down, it brought me a… — William Klein Experience 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
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
I discovered that I could do whatever I wanted with a negative in a darkroom and an enlarger. — William Klein Could 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
For my first book, 'New York,' I had one camera and two lenses. It was fotografia povera. — William Klein Book 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 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
You do things for yourself, and you do things for other people, and you hope that these things coincide. — William Klein Hope 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 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
My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy. — William Klein Complaint Copy Share Image
