Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

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.

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

To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.

I see no reason for recording the obvious.

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.