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Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: You can tell a good ruined lens, right

You can tell a good ruined lens, right from the get-go ... That's the kind of lens I'm looking for. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Weeks go by, and I don't talk to

Weeks go by, and I don't talk to another living soul. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree?

Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very

I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I just started taking pictures, and it was

I just started taking pictures, and it was - it was an instant love affair. It was just ecstatic. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I'm just the opposite of a lot of

I'm just the opposite of a lot of photographers who want everything to be really, really sharp. And they're always, you know, stopping it down to F64. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I couldn't deal with a normal life.

I couldn't deal with a normal life. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: The proverbial hospitality of the South may be

The proverbial hospitality of the South may be selectively extended but it is not a myth. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Time, memory, loss and love are my main

Time, memory, loss and love are my main artistic concerns, but time, among all of them, becomes the determinant. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: ...luck, aesthetic luck included, is just the ability

...luck, aesthetic luck included, is just the ability to exploit accidents. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: All the good pictures that came so easily

All the good pictures that came so easily now make the next set of pictures virtually impossible in your mind. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: It didn't help my career to be living

It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I have a vivid, apocalyptic imagination.

I have a vivid, apocalyptic imagination. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I chose photography over writing. I had to

I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I never read about photography.

I never read about photography. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Death makes us sad, but it can also

Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I believe that photographs actually rob all of

I believe that photographs actually rob all of us of our memory. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I have had a fascination with death, I

I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I'm past photographing to see what things look

I'm past photographing to see what things look like photographed. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Photographs supplant and corrupt the past, all the

Photographs supplant and corrupt the past, all the while creating their own memories. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I work all the time. I never leave

I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: To be able to take my pictures, I

To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures

Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I had written my master's thesis on Ezra

I had written my master's thesis on Ezra Pound on 'The Cantos.' And don't ask me about it. I don't remember anything about it. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: If I take enough pictures, I'm going to

If I take enough pictures, I'm going to get a good one, and I know not to stop at a bad one. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: There are a number of things that set

There are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: My main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park

My main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Photographs open doors into the past, but they

Photographs open doors into the past, but they also alloq a look into the future — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: The fundamental thing about my personality is that

The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: When the good pictures come, we hope they

When the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: It's always been my philosophy to try to

It's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary ... it never occurred to me to leave home to make art. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: It is easier for me to take ten

It is easier for me to take ten good pictures in an airplane bathroom than in the gardens at Versailles. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: As an artist your trajectory just has to

As an artist your trajectory just has to keep going up. the thing that subverts your next body of work is the work you've taken before. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: The things that are close to you are

The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best, — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I'm not a good photographer, not a good

I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I think the media is a fear-mongering operation.

I think the media is a fear-mongering operation. They love to rile their viewership up or to scare them. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Art is seldom the result of true genius;

Art is seldom the result of true genius; rather, it is the product of hard work and skills learned and tenaciously practiced by regular people. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I

Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I'd park myself in the bookstore and read

I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in. I remember reading a Robert Bly book of poetry. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Very few males have the confidence to appear

Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I guess I have a certain willingness for

I guess I have a certain willingness for audacity. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: The whole nature of photography has changed with

The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: When I read something, I picture that scene

When I read something, I picture that scene in that detail. That becomes very similar to composing a photo in real life. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: Unless you photograph what you love, you're not

Unless you photograph what you love, you're not going to make good art. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: When you look at your life as an

When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter. — Sally Mann

Sally Mann Quotes By Sally Mann: I like to make people a little uncomfortable.

I like to make people a little uncomfortable. It encourages them to examine who they are and why they think the way they do. — Sally Mann