“If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.”
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Famous Eve Arnold Quotes
“What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.”
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
Source: The Unretouched Woman
“You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe--an appreciation
“I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.”
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
“I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.”
“It's the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is.”
Source: Marilyn Monroe--an appreciation
“I came to photography by accident.”
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
“Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.”
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
“Themes recur again and again in my work.”
Source: The Unretouched Woman
“What do you hang on the walls of your mind?”
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
Source: The Unretouched Woman
Source: Eve Arnold: in retrospect
Source: Film Journal
Source: Film Journal