The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

Art is based on order. The world is full of 'sloppy Bohemians' and their work betrays them.

It seems so utterly naive that landscape - not that of the pictorial school - is not considered of "social significance" when it has a far more important bearing on the human race of a given locale than excrescences called cities.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial cliches.