Book Quote by Fay Godwin

It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of…

— Andre Derain

What, or who, led you to take up photography, and about what date ? George Bernard Shaw – I always wanted to draw and…

— George Bernard Shaw

While I was there I became deeply interested in photography, and indeed the most noteworthy event in my early life was winning first, third,…

— Douglass North

I work in pictures when I have to. In 1979 that was one day's work.

— Sterling Hayden

I went back to photography in the 1990s. But from the 60s to the 90s I didn't really take any photographs at all, unfortunately.…

— Dennis Hopper

I was making photographs of the world long before I was a photographer.

— Marcey Jacobson

I've been collecting photographs since I don't know when, for a long time, for different reasons. You can find them on eBay and when…

— Thomas Ruff

Years ago - in the 70s, for about a decade - I carried a camera every place I went. And I shot a lot…

— Leonard Nimoy

The fight for photography became my life.

— Alfred Stieglitz

And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn't interest me either. They were just not good-there was no…

— William Eggleston

I became enamored with photography when I was about 13 or 14 years old. I've been at it ever since. I studied seriously in…

— Leonard Nimoy

I'm deeply interested in the photograph as a record of an encounter and enjoy putting myself in a timeline of image-makers, alongside other travelers,…

— Susan Meiselas