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I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#along #camera #computer #concerned #days

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#good #had #honing #i #i think

I always enjoyed art history because, growing up in California, my exposure was limited, and it was a new experience. To learn the history of art opened up certain things to me, made me see. It intrigued me. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#art #art history #because #california #certain

I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't impress me. We always had great fun with him. He would take us out on Sundays on his motorcycles, riding around in the desert; he was like a second father. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#around #desert #did #door #famous

I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#afraid #always #been #being #being afraid

I'm pretty selective. I generally edit the contact sheets and then do work prints. Because I have my own lab and printers, I can afford the luxury of going through the contact sheets for black-and-white, making up work prints, seeing them big, and honing them down. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#because #big #black-and-white #contact #down

The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#awareness #cultural #different #education #especially

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow. ↗

— Herb Ritts

#desert #elements #hours #i #into

I love life. I love life to death. ↗

— Emmanuelle Riva

#i #i love #life #love #love life

The best way out of a difficulty is through it. ↗

— Will Rogers

#best way #difficulty #out #through #way