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" Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order. "
Metaphor
Universal
Order
" I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me. "
Happen
Way
More
" I always say yes to everything because I always feel that whatever comes my way, life meant for me. "
Me
Life
Feel
" I feel that everything has to come from the heart, and it cannot come from the intellect. "
Everything
Intellect
Heart
" I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students. "
Work
Feel
Important
" If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century. "
Sensual
Beauty
Because
" I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture. "
Sculpture
Had
Natural
" I have no regrets about my work. To be a photographer was a gift of the gods. I can't imagine anything that would have been better. "
Regrets
No Regrets
Gift
" I learned early on that if I was to get attention, I would have to be charming. Even the models I've photographed are often like that. Some of them are not beautiful. But, if you catch them in the right light, they glow. "
You
Beautiful
Early
" I look at ordinary objects, and I see things that other people don't see. That's why I'm a photographer. "
See
Why
Look
" I'm no snapshot artist. I make very careful choices always, even if I'm using a 35mm camera. "
Even
Artist
Choices
" I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. "
Themselves
Question
Never
" I never took a photograph. Instead, I became a good listener. "
Listener
Never
Photograph
" I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies. "
Think
Flowers
Like
" It seems a perfectly normal thing to be 95. "
Normal
Thing
Seems
" I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art. "
Craft
Artist
Done
" I've always photographed beauty, but I've never been beautiful myself. "
Never
Beauty
Always
" I was a very, very careful printer when I used 8-by-10 film. I probably spent more time on printing than anything else. The more the prints were appreciated, the more time I spent on them. "
More
Printing
Time
" My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify, and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity. "
Magic
Clarity
Simplify
" Photographs speak to me, and I obey. "
Me
Speak
Photographs
" Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences. "
Experiences
Life
Inside
" The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony. "
Nature
Together
Walk
" To indicate the ideal proportion and reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal. "
Dominating
Goal
Ideal
" To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting. "
Beautiful
City
Me
" To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman has been my mission. "
Woman
Timeless
Mission
" When I was young, anywhere I would go in Germany, I would see my father's posters. Everyone knew about him. And he had many friends who were artists who were also quite famous. So, for me, it seemed very natural to be an artist and be known. "
See
Artist
Friends
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