With all its technical sophistication, the photographic camera remains a coarse device compared to the human hand and brain.

With all its technical sophistication, the photographic camera remains a coarse device compared to the human hand and brain.

How can my old photographs fail to create in me a feeling of emptiness and sorrow? They make me acutely aware that this second deprivation will be final this time.

All the essentials of humanity's artistic treasures can be found in New York.

Civilization has ceased to be that delicate flower which was preserved and painstakingly cultivated in one or two sheltered areas of a soil rich in wild species ... Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass. Henceforth, man's daily bill of fare will consist only of this one item.

Scientific knowledge advances haltingly and is stimulated by contention and doubt.

[Photography] remains servile to a thoughtless vision of the world... As the term snapshot suggests, photography seizes the moment and exhibits it.