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Edward Steichen

"Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants."

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"Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants."

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"I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself."
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"Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product."
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"Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants."
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