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I have been told that some of my photographs maybe indicate that I am a painter.

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I am not immersed in self-admiration.

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My brothers were rabbis. My grandfather was a rabbi.

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I've never been overwhelmed with a desire to become famous. It's not that I didn't want to have my work appreciated, but for some reason - maybe it's because my father disapproved of almost everything I did - in some secret place in my being was a desire to avoid success.

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I'm sometimes mystified by people who keep diaries. I never thought of my existence as being that important.

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I like the Zen artists: they'd do some work, and then they'd stop for a while.

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My family was very unhappy about my becoming a photographer - profoundly and deeply unhappy.

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My father thought photography was done by lowlifes.

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When I am listening to Vivaldi or Japanese music or making spaghetti at 3 in the morning and realize that I don't have the proper sauce for it, fame is of no use.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: December 3rd, 1923

Died: November 26th, 2013

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