"I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'"

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Source : "David LaChapelle: “I Would Rather Die Than Be a Serious Artist, or a Fake Artist”". Interview with Jeanine Celeste Pang, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2010.

David LaChapelle

#Photography Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Crafts Quotes

“Youâ€™re shaking â€¦ so am I. Itâ€™s because of Jerusalem, isnâ€™t it? One doesnâ€™t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. Thatâ€™s one of its mysteries.”
“Max - "...Do me a favor, if the constable comes knocking, tell him I was here all morning, will you?" Dodsley - "Killed someone again, did we?" Max- "Never before luncheon, Dodsley. It's still early yet.”
“One handles truths like dynamite. Literature is one vast hypocrisy, a giant deception, treachery. All writers have concealed more than they revealed.”
“There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community.”
“I am drawn to any story that makes me want to read from one sentence to the next. I have no other criterion.”
“I make my relationships at work.”
“As self-governing entities, artists have a profound interest in change. Embracing change, we embrace growth and we embrace our future.”
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”

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