No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.

If you have enough craft, you've done your homework and you're practiced. You can then make the photograph you desire.

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. Your bright eyes and easy smile is your museum.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation.