Richard Prince
[Artist, b. 1949, Panama Canal Zone, lives in New York.]

 A lot of it’s experimental, spontaneous. It’s about knocking about in the studio and bumping into things. 

Edmundo Desnoes
[Writer, b. 1930, Havana, Cuba, lives in New York.]

 Weston’s sensual texture or Cartier-Bresson’s implacable composition are apt to close over themselves, attaining the perfection of a certain sensual and harmonious bliss. We see textures, volumes, equilibrium—and reality, open and ragged, is lost and transcended. 

William Eggleston
[Photographer, b. 1939, Memphis, Tennessee, lives in Memphis.]

 I just wait until [my subject] appears, which is often where I happen to be. Might be something right across the street. Might be something on down the road. And I’m usually very pleased when I get the image back. It’s usually exactly what I saw. I don’t have any favorites. Every picture is equal but different. 
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