How do you paint yellow wheat against a yellow sky? You paint it jet black.

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish.

It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.

An ametuer is an artist who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable him to paint.

I became interested in photography when I was sharing a studio with Walker Evans, and found my own sketching was inadequate.

I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur artist is one who works all week at something else so he can paint on Saturday and Sunday. A professional artist is one whose wife works so he can paint all the time.