Those who call themselves art photographers are pompous, arrogant egoists.

I don't care what you do with that negative, you can retouch it, you can spit on it, you can grind it underfoot. The only thing that matters is if it is honest. If [the picture] is honest, you and everybody can tell. If it is dishonest, you and everybody can tell.

Photography is 1% talent and 99% moving furniture.

We do not make photographs with our cameras. We make them with our minds, with our hearts, with our ideas.

There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.

We don't take photographs with our cameras, we take them with our hearts and our minds. They are a reflection of ourselves...wha t we are and what we think.

The camera is a mirror with a memory, but it cannot think.