I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.

go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wrong.

You go into a room and you know where you're welcome; you know where you're unwelcome.Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because hostility itself is important.The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that's one kind of person, but the fellow who's hiding behind a tree and hoping you don't see him is the fellow that you'd better find out why.