I think photography is being recognized and collected. Its values have certainly gone up and continue to go up.

We all move on the fringes of eternity and are sometimes granted vistas through fabric of illusion. Many refuse to admit it: I feel a mystery exists. There are certain times, when, as on the whisper of the wind, there comes a clear and quiet realization that there is indeed a presence in the world, a nonhuman entity that is not necessarily inhuman.

We who are gathered here may represent a particular delete, not of money and power, but of concern for the earth for the earth's sake.

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium.

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

I am sure the next step will be the electronic image, and I hope I shall live to see it. I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.

Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.