All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you.If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens.But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction.

The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.

There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.

What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.