There is nothing like a Bach fugue to remove me from a discordant moment... only Bach hold up fresh and strong after repeated playing. I can always return to Bach when the other records weary me.

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

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.

Now one does not think during creative work: any more than one thinks when driving a car. One has a background of years — learning — unlearning— success — failure — dreaming — thinking — experience — back it goes — farther back than one's ancestors: all this, — then the moment of creation, the focussing of all into the moment. So I can make — "without thought" — fifteen carefully-considered negatives one every fifteen minutes, — given material with as many possibilities.

My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, or the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.

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

My true program is summed up in one word: life. I expect to photograph anything suggested by that word which appeals to me.