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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.


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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.




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.



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

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



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.



Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it's just about impossible to follow up with words. They don't have anything to do with each other.

Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it's just about impossible to follow up with words. They don't have anything to do with each other.



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)



There is no particular reason to search for meaning.

There is no particular reason to search for meaning.



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.



Photography just gets us out of the house.

Photography just gets us out of the house.





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