Photography hankers after the condition of the neutral observer. But there can be no such things as a neutral observer. For something to be seen, it must be looked at by somebody, and any true and real depiction must be an account of the experience of that looking.

A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me.

Every good artist I know, I always think works hard, we're working all the time.

Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

California is always in my mind.

In one gallery they actually had a notice which said No Sketching. How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the walls if there was no sketching?