10 Quotes by William Wegman

I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to overcome my loneliness and isolation.

Start with a premise and then somehow invert it.

My Weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant, slinky forms are covered in gray – and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything.

Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It’s like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn’t have to talk all the time.

Dangle something in front of the camera. Get something surprising to be released.

I get so confused about life photography art.

Sometimes I’ve drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I’ve felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very superficial way. When you find yourself thinking and worrying about certain things they become ridiculous.

As soon as I got funny, I killed any majestic intentions in my work.

When I first started making photo pieces it wasn’t with the idea of a commitment to the medium. I didn’t think I would have to become a photographer to make my photographs. I recall that anything could be used as material for art in that era. Photography was just one more thing.