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Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything.

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There are the things that are out in the open, and there are the things that are hidden. The real world has more to do with what is hidden.

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Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something.

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In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music, and to paint when I feel like it.

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I like it when one is not certain what one sees. When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.

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Sometimes I'm amazed by how much you can do as a photographer.

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What makes anyone think that I'm any good?

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I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way.

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A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.

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I may be old-fashioned. But I believe there is such a thing as a search for beauty - a delight in the nice things in the world. And I don't think one should have to apologise for it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 3rd, 1923

Died: November 26th, 2013

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