Jan Saudek
[Photographer, b. 1935, Prague, Czechoslovakia, lives in Prague.]
I believe all artists, if they are not lying to themselves, must believe that the best part of their work, or even their life, is in front of them. To look only to the past and to say “those were the best years, when I was young” is to say that in the future there is nothing.
André Derain
[Artist, b. 1880, Chatou, France, d. 1954, Chambourcy, France.]
It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life.
(On the year 1905)
