I was always interested in language. I thought, why not? If a painting, by the normal definition of the term, is paint on canvas, why can't it be painted words on canvas?

I was always interested in language. I thought, why not? If a painting, by the normal definition of the term, is paint on canvas, why can't it be painted words on canvas?

Most of my friends are women. I think women are more interesting to talk to.

Probably one of the worst things that happened to photography is that cameras have viewfinders.

If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.

Find the most puzzling kind of art you can think of, and then go out and try to approximate it with your camera. Take a photograph that corresponds to it. (Assignment to students.)

I always felt like I was right out of Dickens, looking in the window of the Christmas feast, but not at the feast.