Emphasis on technique is justified only so far as it will simplify and clarify the statement of the photographer's concept.

I respect everything in change and the solemn beauty of life and death... and therefore, while man is amidst the immense beauty of objective bodies, he must possess the capacity of self-perfection and must observe and represent his world with full confidence.

All art is a vision penetrating the illusions of reality, and photography is one form of this vision and revelation.

I've always thought photography was an art form, but it had very low appreciation in the beginning, except for some Europeans, and of course Stieglitz. Stieglitz always considered photography to be an art form and is the "father" of the creative concepts of the twentieth century.

Bad weather makes for good photography.

I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music.

Image quality is not the product of a machine, but of the person who directs the machine, and there are no limits to imagination and expression.