Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it's just about impossible to follow up with words. They don't have anything to do with each other.
William EgglestonIt quickly came to be that I grew interested in photographing whatever was there wherever I happened to be. For any reason.
William EgglestonAnd what we called photojournalism, the photos seen in places like Life magazine, didn't interest me either. They were just not good-there was no art there. The first person who I respected immensely was Henri Cartier-Bresson. I still do.
William EgglestonWe have a few things in common - smoking, drinking, and women. Photography just gets us out of the house. (To photographer Juergen Teller)
William Eggleston