I think all art is about control – the encounter between control and the uncontrollable. Richard Avedon Read Quote
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he’s wearing or how he looks. Richard Avedon Read Quote
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. Richard Avedon Read Quote
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn’t it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a picture? Richard Avedon Read Quote