Imperfection is Beauty by Marilyn Monroe

“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”

- Marilyn Monroe

Diane Arbus Quote

"It's important to take bad pictures. It's the bad ones that have to do with what you've never done before. They can make you recognize something you hadn't seen in a way that will make you recognize it when you see it again."

- Diane Arbus

Photographers are Violent People Quote

Photographers are violent people. First they frame you, then they shoot you, then they hang you on the wall. But if you're real good they will scrapbook you!

- Unknown

Philippe Halsman Quote

"...In other artforms the artist can start from nothing - an empty canvas, a lump of clay - then follow his imagination. The photographer, however, must first point his camera at concrete reality before he can photograph what is in his mind. No other artform can create an image with greater ease. The difficulty lies in creating an image with a uniqueness of beauty that will make it a work of art. "

- Philippe Halsman

Mark Seliger Quote

"A great photograph needs no explanation."

- Mark Seliger

Richard Avedon Quote II

"You can only get beyond the surface by working with the surface. I have great faith in surfaces. A good one is full of clues."

- Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon Quote

"I've worked out of a series of no's. No to exquisite light, no to apparent compositions, no to the seduction of poses or narrative. And all these no's force me to the "yes." I have a white background. I have the person I'm interested in and the thing that happens between us."

- Richard Avedon - 1994

Marianne Williamson Quote

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

- Marianne Williamson

Rankin Quote

'You really need to get over this deconstructing of every single image. It doesn’t have to have a meaning.’

- Rankin