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

The ‘machine-gun’ approach to photography – by which many negatives are made with the hope that one will be good – is fatal to serious results.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious to all that photographers whose images possess character and quality have attained them only by continued practice and total dedication to the medium.

I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful - an endless prospect of magic and wonder.

I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!