I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations.

The good photographer will produce a competent picture every time whatever his subject. But only when his subject makes and immediate and direct appeal to his own interests will he produce a work of distinction.

No amount of toying with shades of print or with printing papers will transform a commonplace photograph into anything other than a commonplace photograph.

Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.

Photography has no rules, it is not a sport. It is the result which counts, no matter how it is achieved.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.