Quotes from Kim Weston

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.

I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.

I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.

We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process.

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

I think all photographers fit their vision to their personality.

Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.