Bill Bryson (1951) American author
Bryson was later awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Durham
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US), Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)
This originates with Eugène Atget, who was quoted by Ray in "Interview: Man Ray" Camera, Vol. 54, No. 2 (February 1975), p. 40
Misattributed
Bill Bryson (1951) American author
Bryson was later awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Durham
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US), Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)
Howard Safir (1941)
Safir's uncle Louis Weiner (who captured the bandit Willie Sutton)
[Russ Baker and Josh Benson, http://www.observer.com/1999/commish-bites-back-howard-safir-explains-his-life-his-critics, The Commish Bites Back: Howard Safir Explains His Life to His Critics, The New York Observer, 1999-05-16, 2007-12-20]
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Gregory Colbert (1960) Canadian photographer
As quoted in "Dances With Whales" by Alan Riding in The New York Times (22 April 2002) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/arts/dances-with-whales.html
“I simply put down colours which render my sensation.”
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) French artist
1905 - 1910, Notes of a Painter' (1908)
“Bob Marley isn't my name. I don't even know my name yet.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“I need my memories. They are my documents.”
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) American and French sculptor
Jeff Stilson American comedian
Comedy Central Presents Jeff Stilson (2003)