Appropriate Quote by Gerhard Richter

Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives.

— Melina Marchetta

There are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment.

— Jeanloup Sieff

Dates can be important. It's a nice way to remember when I took the photo without having to rack my brain or look in…

— Ari Marcopoulos

I don't look at other photographs much at all. I don't know why. I study my own a lot.

— William Eggleston

Sometimes the picture is more interesting than what is going on. Sometimes the picture is suggestive of greater things in society or the history…

— Peter van Agtmael

I don't consider [my] photographs fashion photographs. The photographs were for fashion, but at the same time they had an ulterior motive, something more…

— Deborah Turbeville

Sometimes it's a little depressing - why does the world need any more pictures?

— Jason Fulford

If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.

— Josef Koudelka

What's important to me is that [photographs] have the appearance of being documents of what goes on. I like the illusion of veracity, that…

— Larry Sultan

Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.

— David Hockney

Photographs are not only points of reference... they're often triggers of ideas.

— Francis Bacon

That's one of the troubles of photography; the implication that what you have in that photograph is the way it is, and of course…

— Eugene Richards