Peter Beard
Peter Beard
Peter Hill Beard is an American artist, photographer, diarist and writer who lives and works in New York and Kenya. His photographs of Africa, African animals and the journals that often integrate his photographs have been widely shown and published since the 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 January 1938
CountryUnited States of America
art history studies
I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school.
against brought family marriage odds sake stacked
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.
admired cartoon high level number top
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.
africa escape good life looking
I'm an escapist. I'm not a planner; I've never made a decision about anything in my life. The good thing about Africa is that you can escape forever. You can do what you want without someone looking over your shoulder.
advanced buy camera eventually parents
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.
across family
My family was never happy with me. I could just say that across the board.
bit enrich expand flick life
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.
It's such a waste, sleep. You're just lying there.
In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate.
I've never had underwear of any kind, anything that you have to wash.
common gotten release releases
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.
art far life possibly school
I made a life for myself in Africa that was as far as you could possibly get from art school at Yale.
means mind
I don't mind the word 'dilettante.' A dilettante means someone who does what he loves.
Elephants are like humans. They are very smart, very logical.