zaterdag, februari 07, 2004
Whenever my wife and I go to dinner, I stare, I always stare. And she says, Stop it, Helmut! You'll embarrass this person. But I don't give a shit. That's my job. All I'm interested in is to look at people. I love sitting in a cafe, or wherever I am, watching the people go by, watching everything.
I find most photographers to be the most pretentious, boring people in the world. All this shit art talk really gives me the shits.
Most people have no imagination. That's why most people work in a bloody bank or insurance company or sell shoes. I would never have worked in a bank. I would have died. I've been a truck driver, a fruit picker, and I worked on the railroads, loading and unloading. That's OK. It wasn't all that amusing, but it didn't worry me; that's not slavery. Slavery for me would be to work for a boss, to rely on the idea that I will please this boss by what I do or say or else get thrown out and have no work. That is truly terrible. Many times when I truly didn't have any resources, I burned my bridges because they were going to conform me. They wanted to and I said, Fuck you. I'd prefer to have no money and do what I want. I don't mean I want to be without money, but freedom and independence are for me the most important things. See my box of cameras, thats all I need.
Helmut Newton
I find most photographers to be the most pretentious, boring people in the world. All this shit art talk really gives me the shits.
Most people have no imagination. That's why most people work in a bloody bank or insurance company or sell shoes. I would never have worked in a bank. I would have died. I've been a truck driver, a fruit picker, and I worked on the railroads, loading and unloading. That's OK. It wasn't all that amusing, but it didn't worry me; that's not slavery. Slavery for me would be to work for a boss, to rely on the idea that I will please this boss by what I do or say or else get thrown out and have no work. That is truly terrible. Many times when I truly didn't have any resources, I burned my bridges because they were going to conform me. They wanted to and I said, Fuck you. I'd prefer to have no money and do what I want. I don't mean I want to be without money, but freedom and independence are for me the most important things. See my box of cameras, thats all I need.
Helmut Newton
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