Eve Arnold

“It's hard for me to assess what I brought because each time you pick up a camera and point it at a person, you're trying to define that person so to talk generally is difficult because I hav...”

“What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion. Sometimes you feel blessed with curiosity, sometimes you feel cursed with it.”

“Lesson number one: Pay attention to the intrusion of the camera.”

“Themes recur again and again in my work.”

“Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up wit...”

“What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.'”

“I love the idea I can go off with a single camera and a few rolls of film unencumbered... I was not interested in the illusion of reality, I wanted to get close to what was happening.”