I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.
Edward WestonMy true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me.
Edward WestonPeople who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make a painting.
Edward WestonVery often people looking at my pictures say, 'You must have had to wait a long time to get that cloud just right (or that shadow, or the light).' As a matter of fact, I almost never wait, that is, unless I can see that the thing will be right in a few minutes. But if I must wait an hour for the shadow to move, or the light to change, or the cow to graze in the other direction, then I put up my camera and go on, knowing that I am likely to find three subjects just as good in the same hour.
Edward Weston