If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they produce. They seem to be forever shooting. I have watched many of them as they take picture after picture even when they are not photographing. [...] Often these intimate images do not look as though they were taken by the same photographer. And that is their fascination and charm.

A photograph is a picture and no more true or false than any other depiction; why is that so hard to comprehend?

If it is not an interesting picture when in focus, it is not going to be a better picture out of focus.

True, there are photographers who are failed artists, but so are most artists.

I'd like my coffin to be a camera obscura so I can see what's going on outside.

The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field.

Evolution in action: First, God said, 'Let there be light.' Then, he created two nude models. Now we have photographers.