“There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.”— Berenice Abbott
“Learn to limit yourself, to content yourself with some definite thing, and some definite work; dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.”— Henri Frédéric Amiel
“Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.”— Chinua Achebe
“The best models are the girls who have a personality and a look that is all their own.”— David Bailey
“A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might want to do on your own.”— Lester Bangs