Retouching Quotes

• My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Photography, Women, Shadow

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• I do not object to retouching, dodging or accentuation as long as they do not interfere with the natural qualities of photographic technique.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Photography, Long, Quality

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• Please don't retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them.

  Anna Magnani

  Funny, Birthday, Humorous

  "Philip French's screen legends" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. April 19, 2008.

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• Today there is too much retouching, and I don't like it, except on me.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Today, Too Much

  "Frank Talk From Carine Roitfeld" by Ruth La Ferla, runway.blogs.nytimes.com. November 6, 2012.

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• I love retouching images on Photoshop.

  Troye Sivan

  Photoshop

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly, I don't desire to look like that.

  Kate Winslet

  Desire, Looks

  "Kate Winslet’s Vogue Cover Is Unbelievable — Literally" By Lauren Leibowitz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2013.

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• The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.

  Dawn Powell

  Artist, People, Needs

  Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books

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• All the translations of a poem in all possible languages may add nuance to nuance and, by a kind of mutual retouching, by correcting one another, may give an increasingly faithful picture of the poem they translate, yet they will never give the inner meaning of the original.

  Henri Bergson

  Faith, Giving, Poetry

  Henri Bergson (1961). “Introduction to metaphysics”

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• It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

  Gemma Ward

  Believe, Play, Perfect

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• My feeling is that for years now it has taken a much too big part in how women are being visually defined today. Heartless retouching should not be the chosen tool to represent women in the beginning of this century.

  Peter Lindbergh

  Taken, Years, Feelings

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• Knowing that the 'Sex and the City' chicks now rack up almost two centuries between them, why do some of us fuss and hiss about a bit of retouching on their forthcoming film poster?

  Julie Burchill

  Sex, Cities, Two

  "Why Photoshop is a feminist's best friend". www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2008.

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• I think women see me on the cover of magazines and think I never have a pimple or bags under my eyes. You have to realize that's after two hours of hair and makeup, plus retouching. Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

  Cindy Crawford

  Eye, Thinking, Makeup

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• I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

  Edward Hopper

  Artist, Use, France

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• When I am in a relationship, I don’t wear lipstick at all. I hate the smearing, the retouching, the constant throb of phoniness as you surreptitiously check the damage in your compact between kisses. I wear lots of mascara to compensate, different colors so I don’t get bored. When I am about to break up with a guy, he has full warning because I start wearing lipstick again.

  Emma Forrest

  Hate, Kissing, Color

  Emma Forrest (2014). “Cherries In The Snow”, p.7, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• I think that most of the women when they dress in the morning, they try to be someone elseToday there is too much retouching, and I don't like it...except on me.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Morning, Thinking, Trying

  "Frank talk from Carine Roitfeld" by Ruth La Ferla, runway.blogs.nytimes.com. November 6, 2012.

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• The plus size movement is not just about fashion; it's about body image, and if we're doing a shoot, they won't retouch us at all. That's the cool thing: there's no retouching at all because we want to give girls the truth, not a fabrication.

  Hayley Hasselhoff

  Girl, Fashion, Giving

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• I was the Playmate editor for Playboy for two years. I produced two years' worth of centerfolds. I did everything on that, from picking the girls to designing the sets to picking the wardrobe, coming up with themes, assigning the photographer, down to editing the photos and approving the retouching.

  Holly Madison

  Girl, Editing, Years

  "Oregon's own reality star Holly Madison talks about 'Dancing'". Interview with Jake Ten Pas, www.oregonlive.com. March 20, 2009.

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