“I’ve always assumed that the abstract qualities of [my] photographs are obvious. For instance, I can turn them upside down and they’re still interesting to me as pictures. If you turn a picture that’s not well organized upside down, it won’t work.” IfsWellsStillsI CanTurnsInterestingQualityDown AndPhotographerPhotographObviousInstanceAbstractOrganizedUpside Down Author:William Eggleston
“It was something new that was happening everywhere. You couldn't miss it. If you needed to go to the grocery you would go to the predecessors of the big supermarkets of today.” IfsBigsTodayMissingNeededHappeningsSomething NewGroceriesSupermarketsPredecessors Author:William Eggleston
“Generally, that's what happens-a fundamental rotting of the idea. They woke up with the wrong idea. It's just like music: If you don't have an innate love or calling for it, then no matter how much you study or how well you can play by looking at the score, it doesn't mean that you're going to make really good music.” IfsWellsMeanIdeasMatterPlayHappensStudyCallingFundamentalsScoreInnateRottingWrong Ideas Author:William Eggleston
“I think with being blind the one thing you would have going is that you could still feel things, see your way around so to speak. And if you had had the experience of seeing at one time in your life, then you would know what it was like and be able to function. I've said this before, I think I could really photograph blind if I had to.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsSaidStillsAbleSpeakSeeingOne ThingFunctionBlindPhotographOne Time Author:William Eggleston
“I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn't do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.” IfsIdeasEnoughHappensDesireArtistSufferingEffortStrugglePhotographyConsciousPhotographerBurningDocumentsEffortlessBurning Desire Author:William Eggleston
