Often people ask what I'm photographing, which is a hard question to answer. And the best what I've come up with is I just say: Life today.
William EgglestonMany people one meets in life somehow think they know you simply because they're hanging out at the same counter-but they really don't know a thing about you.
William EgglestonI only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two. So then that picture is taken and then the next one is waiting somewhere else.
William EgglestonGenerally, that's what happens-a fundamental rotting of the idea. They woke up with the wrong idea. It's just like music: If you don't have an innate love or calling for it, then no matter how much you study or how well you can play by looking at the score, it doesn't mean that you're going to make really good music.
William Eggleston