"Every person who is really an artist desires to create inside of himself another, deeper, more interesting life than the one that actually surrounds him."

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There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my 'deeper' work. Fashion is where I make my living. I'm not knocking it. It's a pleasure to make a living that way. It's pleasure and then there's the deeper pleasure of doing my portraits. It's not important what I consider myself to be, but I consider myself to be a portrait photographer.

— Richard Avedon