I was a very, very careful printer when I used 8-by-10 film. I probably spent more time on printing than anything else. The more the prints were appreciated, the more time I spent on them.

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• Ruth Bernhard:

  I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  I always say yes to everything because I always feel that whatever comes my way, life meant for me.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  Photographs speak to me, and I obey.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  I feel that everything has to come from the heart, and it cannot come from the intellect.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.

• Ruth Bernhard:

  Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

• Robert Mapplethorpe:

  You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.