Brett Weston
[Photographer, b. 1911, Los Angeles, d. 1993, Kona, Hawaii.]
Photography is 90% sheer, brutal drudgery! The other 10% is inspiration!! 
I don’t photograph for other people. I love an audience, mind you. Once I’ve got them there, then I love an audience. Not a big audience, though. I’d rather please ten people I respect than ten million I don’t. But I don’t play to an audience, I do it for myself.