There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.

Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs.

When I make a picture, I make love.

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

We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.

If you can imagine photography in the guise of a woman and you’d ask her what she thought of Stieglitz, she’d say: He always treated me like a gentleman.

All art, like all love, is rooted in heartache.