William Eggleston Quotes

What I find most satisfying about photography is the way in which it allows me to document 'reality' while at the same time creating my own version thereof; in other words, the reality I present is a reality based upon what I choose to include in the frame and what I choose to leave out.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

The camera is my tool. Through it I give a reason to everything around me.

I know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

There's a lot of different things that make me want to take photos. A lot of it is, for a long time I've been obsessed with the thought of time travel with my camera.

To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.

Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.

Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera.

A photograph is just a little, teeny-weeny, small piece of life. I feel like I see so much more than what I can actually get.

Our pictures are our footprints. It’s the best way to tell people we were here.

My true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me.

The camera photographs what's there.

My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.

I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is.

Plots and character don't make life. Life is here and now, anytime you say the word, anytime you let her rip.

Traditionally, photography is supposed to capture an event that has passed; but that is not what I'm looking for. Photography brings the past into the present when you look at it.

If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.

Essentially what photography is is life lit up.

Every moment is an experience.

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

I would drown in objects if I didn't have the ability to photograph them.

I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.

I knew from the first moment I picked up a camera, on my first school assignment, what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was going to find a way to travel the world and tell the stories of the people I met through photographs.