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" The only thing they can't teach you at art school is art. "

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" I sort of fall in love with them when I'm photographing them - men and women. "

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" I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light. "

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" Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration. "

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" I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. "