I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.

Art is really whispering, not shouting.

You can never capture a person in picture, never. You might get an interesting expression or gesture. I almost never research a picture subject ahead of time. I think Karsh is full of baloney. Can you imagine spending a whole week out in La Jolla with Jonas Salk soaking up his ambiance, then wind up making him look as if he's in the studio in Ottawa with his thumb under his chin?

Art has to address eternal issues.

Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me

Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?

And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you're either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs.