I went to school at the San Francisco Art Institute, thinking I was going to become an art teacher. Within the first six months I was there, I was told that I couldn't be an art teacher unless I became an artist first. -Annie Leibovitz Teacher
I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed. -Annie Leibovitz Nature
Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do. -Annie Leibovitz Work
I don't think there is anything wrong with white space. I don't think it's a problem to have a blank wall. -Annie Leibovitz Space
My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. -Annie Leibovitz Hope
You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth. -Annie Leibovitz Truth
Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. -Annie Leibovitz Nature
I didn't want to let women down. One of the stereotypes I see breaking is the idea of aging and older women not being beautiful. -Annie Leibovitz Women
My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You can't come in closer with the 35 mm. -Annie Leibovitz Environmental