"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach nature in a spirit of inquiry, of communion, instead of with the saucy swagger of self-dubbed "artists"."

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.

I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.

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.

An excellent conception can be quite obscured by faulty technical execution or clarified by faultless technique.

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.

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