Eve Arnold: in retrospect
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“If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.”
“What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.”
“You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.”
“I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.”
“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.”
“I came to photography by accident.”
“Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.”
“Themes recur again and again in my work.”
“What do you hang on the walls of your mind?”