Life is just a flick of the fingers. Let's face it. And any little bit - you can expand it or enrich it, I think you want to push that and do it. Peter Beard biteenrichexpand Change image and share on social
In the high level cartoon world, my number one admired hero would be Chas Addams - really a top, top artist that the 'New Yorker' was lucky to find and employ. Peter Beard addamadmireartist Change image and share on social
I don't mind the word 'dilettante.' A dilettante means someone who does what he loves. Peter Beard dilettantelovemean Change image and share on social
Conservation is for guilty people on Park Avenue with poodles and Pekingeses. Peter Beard avenueconservationguilty Change image and share on social
I did have a very advanced grandmother, my mother's mother, who wanted to buy me a camera. My parents wouldn't let her. Eventually she won, and I got a camera in about 1948, a Voigtlander. Peter Beard advancebuycamera Change image and share on social
In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate. Peter Beard accumulatecompostheap Change image and share on social
I've never gotten a release from any person. I'm not a businessman; I'm on the side of common sense. Releases ruin the atmosphere of photography. Peter Beard atmospherebusinessmancommon Change image and share on social
I'm learning that human pressure on wildlife is becoming increasingly dangerous. You've got to be more alert because more animals have been pushed around, wounded, subjected to human harassment, ambushed, all kinds of stress. When they attack, it's totally predictable. Peter Beard alertambushanimal share on social
We're adding a billion people every decade. We're just spin doctors. Whatever we do is supposedly great, and yet it's always at the expense of diversity and nature. We're like elephants. The ecology of the elephant is more similar to human than any other. Peter Beard addbilliondecade share on social
The institution of marriage should be re-examined because of its overwhelming claustrophobia. The odds are stacked against spontaneity and effervescence. It's an institution that was brought about for the sake of family and children, but biologically, it's very unnatural. It's masochism and torture the way it's been organized. Peter Beard biologicallybringchild share on social