“A portrait is a picture with something wrong with the mouth” ― John Singer Sargent

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” ― Diane Arbus

“There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.” ― Richard Avedon

“Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art” ― Susan Sontag

“Stare.  It is the easy way to educate your eye” – Walker Evans

“My favorite photograph is always the one I’m taking.” – Bruce Davidson

“For me, the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture.” ― Diane Arbus

“To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.”  Ansel Adams