You do things for yourself, and you do things for other people, and you hope that these things coincide.
Why did I take fashion photographs? I thought it was fun. And there was a lot of money.
The English are very exotic to me.
The best critics of America are Americans.
Photography led me to experiment in graphic work and, actually, painting.
My father was like Willy Loman, you know he never really made it - and he was from a family where there were people who had made it.
My father was convinced that America was the greatest place in the world. I'm afraid I didn't have the family I would have dreamed of.
My complaint is that Americans drive me crazy, and the politics drive me crazy.
Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent.
Leger was not only the first artist I ever met but also the first pop artist, and he blew our minds.
If I didn't have to earn a living somehow, I would never have taken a fashion photograph in my life.
If a film is a real knockout like 'Raging Bull,' it does not matter that it might not have happened like that.
I'm an outsider, I guess.
I wasn't part of any movement. I was working alone, following my instinct.
I was a very clumsy Jewish kid.
I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't matter to me.
I like dark humor. I think the world is very funny and tragic, and my photographs are basically dark Jewish humor.
I always thought I was going to be an artist. I used to draw, and I would read Russian novels until 3 or 4 in the morning.
I always dreamed of working in Paris, of going to the Coupole and slapping Picasso or Giacometti on the shoulder.
I saw New York differently after being in Paris for a few years.
I think it's obscene. I don't know how you support the monarchy. How can you do that?
I always dreamt of becoming an artist in Paris. Thanks to the Army, it happened.
