Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.

What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.

Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself.

I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.

Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them in this day and age is laughable.

Photography helps people to see.

Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct a better organized image.