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People Quotes by Mary Ellen Mark
- I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are…
- I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's nothing much interesting…
- It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people. Your subjects will trust you only if you're confident about what…
- Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.
- I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. What I want…
- I’m trying to please myself; certainly that’s a big criterion... though in a sense, I don’t take images just for myself. I take images that…
- Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter of who you…
- The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.
- If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something that actually helped…
- There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and respect, but in…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle