It seems so utterly naive that landscape - not that of the pictorial school - is not considered of "social significance" when it has a far more important bearing on the human race of a given locale than excrescences called cities.

I see no reason for recording the obvious.

I start with no preconceived idea - discovery excites me to focus - then rediscovery through the lens - final form of presentation seen on ground glass, the finished print previsioned completely in every detail of texture, movement, proportion, before exposure - the shutter's release automatically and finally fixes my conception, allowing no after manipulation - the ultimate end, the print, is but a duplication of all that I saw and felt through my camera.

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

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

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.

...the pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models.