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William Eggleston quotes: I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.

I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.

William Eggleston quotes: I don't look at other photographs much at all. I don't know why. I study my own a lot.

I don't look at other photographs much at all. I don't know why. I study my own a lot.

William Eggleston quotes: I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.

I quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.

William Eggleston quotes: You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too.

You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too.

William Eggleston quotes: I don't think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.

I don't think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.

William Eggleston quotes: I am at war with the obvious.

I am at war with the obvious.

William Eggleston quotes: Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens.

Something new always slowly changes right in front of your eyes - it just happens.

William Eggleston quotes: Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do - it's ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience.

Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do - it's ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience.

William Eggleston quotes: I'm not particular. I don't have favourite pictures.

I'm not particular. I don't have favourite pictures.

William Eggleston quotes: I work very quickly. I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two.

I work very quickly. I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two.

William Eggleston quotes: I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two. So then that picture is taken and then the next one is waiting somewhere else.

I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two. So then that picture is taken and then the next one is waiting somewhere else.

William Eggleston quotes: I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work.

I don't like reading music. It's like learning a language. You can't read music proficiently overnight. It takes time, it's boring work.

William Eggleston quotes: It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason.

It quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason.

William Eggleston quotes: There is no particular reason to search for meaning.

There is no particular reason to search for meaning.

William Eggleston quotes: I've also never had favorite pictures. Or subjects. I have this discipline of treating everything equally-I used to say "democratically."

I've also never had favorite pictures. Or subjects. I have this discipline of treating everything equally-I used to say "democratically."

William Eggleston quotes: My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.

My friend who I went to boarding school with was interested in photography. He insisted that I buy a camera and marched me downtown.

William Eggleston quotes: You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures.

You become technically proficient whether you want to or not, the more you take pictures.

William Eggleston quotes: I like to photograph democratically.

I like to photograph democratically.

William Eggleston quotes: I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.

I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around, that nothing was more important or less important.

William Eggleston quotes: Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say-my partners in crime.

Unfortunately they're practically all dead. And many were my closest associates: friends, co-directors, whatever you want to say-my partners in crime.

William Eggleston quotes: We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller)

We have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller)

William Eggleston quotes: Often people ask what I'm photographing, which is a hard question to answer. And the best what I've come up with is I just say: Life today.

Often people ask what I'm photographing, which is a hard question to answer. And the best what I've come up with is I just say: Life today.

William Eggleston quotes: Photography just gets us out of the house.

Photography just gets us out of the house.

William Eggleston quotes: I don't think much about the digital world ... because I am in the analog world!

I don't think much about the digital world ... because I am in the analog world!

William Eggleston quotes: You want to make the photograph work in every way possible. Doesn't matter where it is in the world.

You want to make the photograph work in every way possible. Doesn't matter where it is in the world.