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# William Klein

(1926–2022)   Photographer

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William Klein was a photographer.

## Quick Facts About William Klein

Born April 19, 1926

Died September 10, 2022

Profession Photographer

Notable works William Klein: Schilderijen, foto's, films. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 27 januari-12 maart 1967.

## About William Klein

American photographer-filmmaker (1926–2022).

##  Quotes by William Klein · Page 2

> [I saw New York differently after being in Paris for a few years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-saw-new-york-differently-after-being-in-paris-for-a-few-years/)

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[Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/)

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> [In fashion, you have assistants, flashes; you can make sets. There are people running around doing things for you. But I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/in-fashion-you-have-assistants-flashes-you-can-make-sets-there-are/)

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[Around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around/)

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> [I grew up in New York, in a rough neighborhood where our biggest concern was not getting beat up. I was always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-grew-up-in-new-york-in-a-rough-neighborhood-where-our-biggest/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [You do things for yourself, and you do things for other people, and you hope that these things coincide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/you-do-things-for-yourself-and-you-do-things-for-other-people-and-you/)

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[Coincide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincide/)

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> [I was a make believe ethnographer: treating New Yorkers like an explorer would treat Zulus - searching for the rawest snapshot, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-was-a-make-believe-ethnographer-treating-new-yorkers-like-an/)

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[Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/)

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> [Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/be-yourself-i-much-prefer-seeing-something-even-it-is-clumsy-that/)

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[Be true to yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-true-to-yourself/)

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> [I was 24 years old at the time. I had no real notion of what photography was about. I had no training.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-was-24-years-old-at-the-time-i-had-no-real-notion-of-what/)

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[Accident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accident/)

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> [My father was like Willy Loman, you know: he never really made it - and he was from a family where there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/my-father-was-like-willy-loman-you-know-he-never-really-made-it-and/)

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[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [My way of living and working is that I'll do my thing. I went from one thing to another. That annoyed people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/my-way-of-living-and-working-is-that-i-ll-do-my-thing-i-went-from-one/)

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[Annoyed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annoyed/)

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> [I don't roam around with a camera and never did. I took pictures in spurts, for my books, for some assignments or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-don-t-roam-around-with-a-camera-and-never-did-i-took-pictures-in/)

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[Assignments](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assignments/)

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> [I thought it would be a good idea to look at New York with this half-European, half-native eye and really do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-thought-it-would-be-a-good-idea-to-look-at-new-york-with-this-half/)

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[City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/)

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> [Sometimes, I'd take shots without aiming, just to see what happened. I'd rush into crowds - bang! bang! ... It must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/sometimes-i-d-take-shots-without-aiming-just-to-see-what-happened-i-d/)

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[Aiming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aiming/)

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> [In America, kids would go to college and get out and buy a second-hand car and go across the country and discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/in-america-kids-would-go-to-college-and-get-out-and-buy-a-second-hand/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [I was making a film on Muhammad Ali in 1964, and I went to Miami to film everything around the fight for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-was-making-a-film-on-muhammad-ali-in-1964-and-i-went-to-miami-to/)

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[Fight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight/)

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> [I'm known for fashion photographs, but fashion photographs were mostly a joke for me. In 'Vogue,' girls were playing at being duchesses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-m-known-for-fashion-photographs-but-fashion-photographs-were-mostly/)

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[Brooklyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brooklyn/)

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> [I like festivals of all kinds: in 1969, I made a film about the first Pan-African festival in Algiers, which celebrated the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-like-festivals-of-all-kinds-in-1969-i-made-a-film-about-the-first/)

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[Cinema](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cinema/)

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> [I have always loved the amateur side of photography, automatic photographs, accidental photographs with uncentered compositions, heads cut off, whatever. I incite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-have-always-loved-the-amateur-side-of-photography-automatic/)

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[Composition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composition/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-had-no-real-respect-for-good-technique-because-i-didn-t-know-what/)

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[Good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good/)

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> [Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/most-of-the-other-soldiers-were-older-than-me-and-sent-money-back-to/)

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[Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/)

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> [This is supposed to be the Big Apple, with neighborhoods where the houses are all good-looking and the skyscrapers and everything. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/this-is-supposed-to-be-the-big-apple-with-neighborhoods-where-the/)

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[Everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everything/)

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> [Fashion had no interest for me. I would take photographs in the studio. I would go back home, and my wife would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/fashion-had-no-interest-for-me-i-would-take-photographs-in-the-studio/)

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[Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/)

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> [What's very funny is when you see amateurs filming something, they do some things no professionals would dare to do. They instinctively…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/what-s-very-funny-is-when-you-see-amateurs-filming-something-they-do/)

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[Amateurs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amateurs/)

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> [Leger was not only the first artist I ever met but also the first pop artist, and he blew our minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/leger-was-not-only-the-first-artist-i-ever-met-but-also-the-first-pop/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [When I made 'Polly Maggoo,' it was more or less the end of this collaboration with 'Vogue' because I made a caricature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/when-i-made-polly-maggoo-it-was-more-or-less-the-end-of-this/)

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[Caricature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/caricature/)

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> [I like dark humor. I think the world is very funny and tragic, and my photographs are basically dark Jewish humor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-like-dark-humor-i-think-the-world-is-very-funny-and-tragic-and-my/)

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[Dark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark/)

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> [The kinetic quality of New York, the kids, dirt, madness - I tried to find a photographic style that would come close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/the-kinetic-quality-of-new-york-the-kids-dirt-madness-i-tried-to-find/)

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[Blurred](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blurred/)

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> [Memories. That's the thing about photography. I look at the contact sheet, and it brings back everything: whether I was tired, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/memories-that-s-the-thing-about-photography-i-look-at-the-contact/)

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[Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/)

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> [I thought New York had it coming, that it needed a kick in the balls. When I returned to New York, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-thought-new-york-had-it-coming-that-it-needed-a-kick-in-the-balls/)

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[Balls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balls/)

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> [I did a film on Muhammad Ali before he was champion. I was there when he became champion in 1964. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-did-a-film-on-muhammad-ali-before-he-was-champion-i-was-there-when/)

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[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

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> [I find it satisfying that what I've done in photography has had so much influence in how people take photographs and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-find-it-satisfying-that-what-i-ve-done-in-photography-has-had-so/)

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[Done](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/done/)

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> [French photography was basically poetic, and mine was vulgar and brash and violent, except that there's never any violence in the photographs:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/french-photography-was-basically-poetic-and-mine-was-vulgar-and-brash/)

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[Basically](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basically/)

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> [My father was convinced that America was the greatest place in the world. I'm afraid I didn't have the family I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/my-father-was-convinced-that-america-was-the-greatest-place-in-the/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [If I look back, I think most of the things I did - the films, the books, the collaborations with these magazines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/if-i-look-back-i-think-most-of-the-things-i-did-the-films-the-books/)

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[Accident](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accident/)

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> [When I was a kid in New York, long before saturation sports coverage, the world heavyweight championship was, with the baseball World…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/when-i-was-a-kid-in-new-york-long-before-saturation-sports-coverage/)

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[Baseball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baseball/)

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> [I didn't really know who Cassius Clay was. I just wanted to show America through a heavyweight championship fight. Ever since my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-klein/i-didn-t-really-know-who-cassius-clay-was-i-just-wanted-to-show/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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