Top 55 Quotes by Brandon Stanton

About Brandon Stanton

These are some quotes by American author Brandon Stanton Photographer, who was born on March 1, 1984.

I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else.

I am a huge fan of biographies. What I'm always looking for is a story. I want a story I have never heard from anyone else.

Brandon Stanton

I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.

I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.

Brandon Stanton

I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.

I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.

Brandon Stanton

I've taken pictures in at least 14 countries, and nowhere have people told me 'no' more than New York City.

I've taken pictures in at least 14 countries, and nowhere have people told me 'no' more than New York City.

Brandon Stanton

New York has the biggest, most eclectic collection of people in the world.

New York has the biggest, most eclectic collection of people in the world.

Brandon Stanton

I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.

I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.

Brandon Stanton

The interviews have gotten much longer with 'Humans of New York.' When I was first starting, I was just photographing people. And then I went to just kind of including a quote or two. Now when I'm approaching somebody on the street, I'm spending about 30 to 45 minutes with them often.

Brandon Stanton

When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.

When I meet somebody in the street who knows about 'Humans of New York,' a lot of times they might have a scripted answer, and that scripted answer is the first thing to come out of their mouth.

Brandon Stanton

Interviewing someone is a very proactive process and requires taking a lot of agency into your own hands to get past people's general normal self-preservation mode.

Interviewing someone is a very proactive process and requires taking a lot of agency into your own hands to get past people's general normal self-preservation mode.

Brandon Stanton

I don't like to interview people in front of their friends; they clam up.

I don't like to interview people in front of their friends; they clam up.

Brandon Stanton

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