Grew Quote by William Eggleston

I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. I wanted to photograph.

— Imogen Cunningham

As I progressed further with my project, it became obvious that it was really unimportant where I chose to photograph. The particular place simply…

— George A Tice

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

— Robert Mapplethorpe

So when I became interested in photography and further being inspired by the work that I saw of Ansel and others, it was a…

— John Sexton

I was discovered by a photographer. I literally was in the right place at the right time.

— Denise Bidot

It took me a long time to get comfortable with the idea of being photographed by a moving or still camera.

— Cate Blanchett

I always liked taking photographs.

— Antony Armstrong-Jones

I came to photography by accident.

— Eve Arnold

I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their…

— Ben Shahn

I knew from the first moment I picked up a camera, on my first school assignment, what I wanted to do for the rest…

— Mary Ellen Mark

I wanted to go to the end of photography.

— Daido Moriyama

I used to like taking pictures. I wanted to capture precious moments and make them mine. I wanted to hang on to everything that…

— Fumio Sasaki