"The time when I had desire to go……" — Ben Shahn
"The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time."
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56 Quotes by Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn has 56 quotes on this site.
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Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this…
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Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time…
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Now, my knowledge of photography was terribly limited.
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Every great historic change has been based on nonconformity, has been bought either with the blood or with the reputation…
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I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did…
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To abstract is to draw out the essence of a matter. To abstract in art is to separate certain fundamentals…
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An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone…
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I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.
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How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.
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All art is based on non-conformity.
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I became interested in photography when I found my own sketching was inadequate.
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I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of…
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
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Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what…
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