Nan Goldin
[Photographer, b. 1953, Washington, D.C., lives in New York and Paris.]

When you set up pictures you’re not at any risk. Reality involves chance and risk and diving for pearls.

Berenice Abbott
[Photographer, writer, teacher, b. 1898, Springfield, Ohio, d. 1991, Monson, Maine.]

I think the important decision for a photographer is to choose a subject that intensely interests him or her.