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Richard Avedon quotes: I see pictures of myself and I always knew that what I was feeling didn't look like that guy in the pictures.

I see pictures of myself and I always knew that what I was feeling didn't look like that guy in the pictures.

Richard Avedon quotes: One man's fantasy is another man's job.

One man's fantasy is another man's job.

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

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

Richard Avedon quotes: Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. It is this fourth dimension of people that I try to capture in a photograph.

Real people move, they bear with them the element of time. It is this fourth dimension of people that I try to capture in a photograph.

Richard Avedon quotes: It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.

It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.

Richard Avedon quotes: Faces are the ledgers of our experience.

Faces are the ledgers of our experience.

Richard Avedon quotes: If I could do what I want with my eyes alone, I would be happy.

If I could do what I want with my eyes alone, I would be happy.

Richard Avedon quotes: If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?

If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture?

Richard Avedon quotes: Start with a style and you are in chains, start with an idea and you are free.

Start with a style and you are in chains, start with an idea and you are free.

Richard Avedon quotes: I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.

I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.

Richard Avedon quotes: A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth.

A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth.

Richard Avedon quotes: To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.

To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.

Richard Avedon quotes: I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.

I am always stimulated by people. Almost never by ideas.

Richard Avedon quotes: I think charm is the ability to be truly interested in other people

I think charm is the ability to be truly interested in other people

Richard Avedon quotes: He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.

He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.

Richard Avedon quotes: People - running from unhappiness, hiding in power - are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

People - running from unhappiness, hiding in power - are locked within their reputations, ambitions, beliefs.

Richard Avedon quotes: There is no truth in photography. There is no truth about anyone's person.

There is no truth in photography. There is no truth about anyone's person.

Richard Avedon quotes: People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion.

People, unprotected by their roles, become isolated in beauty and intellect and illness and confusion.

Richard Avedon quotes: My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

Richard Avedon quotes: I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.

I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer.

Richard Avedon quotes: I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.

I hate cameras. They interfere, they're always in the way. I wish: if I could work with my eyes alone.

Richard Avedon quotes: My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read.

My parents put the New Yorker in my crib. I saw Vogue and Vanity Fair around the house before I could read.

Richard Avedon quotes: The pictures have a reality for me that the people don't. It is through the photographs that I know them.

The pictures have a reality for me that the people don't. It is through the photographs that I know them.

Richard Avedon quotes: I believe that you've got to love your work so much that it is all you want to do.

I believe that you've got to love your work so much that it is all you want to do.

Richard Avedon quotes: Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me.

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

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

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

Richard Avedon quotes: Just advertising departments with legs and high heels.

Just advertising departments with legs and high heels.

Richard Avedon quotes: Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.

Anything is an art if you do it at the level of an art.