“I like dark humor. I think the world is very funny and tragic, and my ...” — William Klein Quote

“I like dark humor. I think the world is very funny and tragic, and my photographs are basically dark Jewish humor.”

“I grew up in New York, in a rough neighborhood where our biggest concern was not getting beat up. I was always far from the center of the Big Apple.”

“I saw New York differently after being in Paris for a few years.”

“I'm really taken by the fact that my photographs live on somebody's wall.”

“I hate red-carpet photographs!”

“I have a vision of life, and I try to find equivalents for it in the form of photographs.”