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.

One of the most important pieces of equipment, for the photographer who really wants to improve, is a great big wastepaper basket.

The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance.

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!

Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .

Photography is an austere and blazing poetry of the real.

To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.