“It is a source of constant surprise to me that almost all professionals take pictures only on the orders of the clients and almost never to invent and experiment.”

— Paolo Monti

"Due parole sulla mia fotografia", 1981; quoted in "Monti, Paolo" https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-monti_(Dizionario-Biografico)/, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
Original: (it) Per me è motivo di continua sorpresa il fatto che quasi tutti i professionisti fotografano solo su ordine dei committenti e quasi mai per inventare e sperimentare.

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