Give Quote by Richard Avedon

A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much…

— Richard Avedon

Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding…

— Richard Avedon

Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me.

— Richard Avedon

There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work.

— Richard Avedon

I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the…

— Richard Avedon

I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She…

— Richard Avedon

I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define…

— Richard Avedon

Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and…

— Richard Avedon

It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface [sic] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography…

— Richard Avedon

A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but…

— Richard Avedon

The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion.

— Richard Avedon

When I was a boy, my family took great care with our snapshots. We really planned them. We made compositions. We posed in front…

— Richard Avedon