All art is the expression of one and the same thing- the relation of the spirit of man to the spirit of other men and to the world.

These people live again in print as intensely as when their images were captured on old dry plates of sixty years ago... I am walking in their alleys, standing in their rooms and sheds and workshops, looking in and out of their windows. Any they in turn seem to be aware of me.

With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden, compelling, and inevitable.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

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

Now there is a big turnover in the galleries. The top galleries are getting better all the time. A lot of galleries just struggle along, then a new one comes along. There are certainly a great number of galleries. I think this argues well for the art but there are, of course, a lot of "phonies" in all the arts.

Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as complete as many imagine.