I photograph continuously, often without a good idea or strong feelings. During this time the photos are nearly all poor, but I believe they develop my seeing and help later on in other photos. I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.

If you choose your subject selectively - intuitively - the camera can write poetry.

Nothing wrong with people getting shot, as long as it's the right people getting shot.

The mystery isn't in the technique, it's in each of us.

Every time I talked about making a picture I didn't do it. I had already done it - talking about it! I quit talking.

The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. If you choose your subject selectively—intuitively—the camera can write poetry.

To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making pictures.