Great photography is always on the edge of failure.

Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.

Teaching doesn't relate to photographing, at least not for me.

Every photograph could be set up. If one could imagine it, one could set it up. The whole discussion is a way of not talking about photographs.

I don't think of it as difficult. It would be difficult if I were carrying something heavy, but I carry Leicas. You can't talk about it that way. I'm not operating a shovel and getting tired.

The primary problem is to learn to be your own toughest critic. You have to pay attention to intelligent work, and to work at the same time. You see. I mean, you’ve got to bounce off better work. It’s matter of working.

You're talking about meaning. I want to talk about the picture.