My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.

The surrealism of my pictures was nothing but the real made eerie by vision. I was trying to express reality, for there is nothing more surrealist.

My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.

For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.

My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.