It's hard not to tell the truth with a camera. Artists are particularly good at that.

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.

I see my finished platinum print (in the viewfinder) in all its desired qualities, before my exposure.

People 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.

When a photographer masters the tools and processes of the art, then the quality of the work is only limited by his creative vision.

Since the recording process is instantaneous, and the nature of the image such that it cannot survive corrective handwork, it is obvious that the finished print must be created in full before the film is exposed.

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