Imogen Cunningham quotes

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent. (Imogen Cunningham)
I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us. View quote
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I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing. View quote
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it. View quote
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I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men. View quote
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Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives. View quote
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods. View quote
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Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that. View quote
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people. View quote
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I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer. View quote
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead. (Imogen Cunningham)
I think San Francisco is the best place in the whole world for an easy life. View quote
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I don't resent anything. View quote
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You see, I became kind of a drop-out in science after I came back to America. View quote
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Get it out of your historic head. View quote
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A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one? View quote
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It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease. View quote
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I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket. View quote
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back. View quote
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There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree. View quote
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When People magazine called me, I did the job on Ansel. I'm older than Ansel and he has to mind me. (Imogen Cunningham)
When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that. View quote
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. View quote
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Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know. View quote
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody. View quote
Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham

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Occupation: American Photographer
Born: April 12, 1883
Died: June 23, 1976
Quotes count: 29

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