Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.

You push the button, we do the rest.

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts.

Photography is thus brought within reach of every human being who desires to preserve a record of what he sees… and enables the fortunate possessor to go back by the light of his own fireside to scenes which would otherwise fade from memory and be lost.

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.