William Eggleston Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Black-and-white photography, which I was doing in the very early days, was essentially called art photography and usually consisted of landscapes by people like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. But photographs by people like Adams didn't interest me.

  William Eggleston

  Photography, Art, Black And White

  Interview with Harmony Korine, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2008.

• And what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn't interest me either. They were just not good-there was no art there. The first person who I respected immensely was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I still do.

  William Eggleston

  Art, Magazines, Firsts

  Interview with Harmony Korine, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2008.

• I would go there quite frequently. I met and became close with John Szarkowski of the Museum of Modern Art. He was incredibly supportive about me working in color.

  William Eggleston

  Art, Museums, Color

  Interview with Harmony Korine, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 21, 2008.

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