Jock Sturges Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed-consent question was answerable.”

“A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they should see, and need to be protected by people who are wiser than they are, even if they are only a tiny sliver of the population.”

“Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong to themselves to a greater and greater extent.”

“I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children whom I photographed first when she was the age of the older of the two children.”

“Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that. I don't shoot that any more.”

“Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.”

“There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.”