Whatever else a photograph may be about, it is inevitably about photography, the container and vehicle of all its meanings.

The simplicity of photography lies in the fact that it is very easy to make a picture. The staggering complexity of it lies in the fact that a thousand other pictures of the same subject would have been equally easy.

A photographer's best work is, alas, generally done for himself.

To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.

The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.

Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion of one's cone of vision, while standing in the right place at the right time. Like chess, or writing, it is a matter of choosing from among given possibilities, but in the case of photography the number of possibilities is not finite but infinite.

In practice a photographer does not concern himself with philosophical issues while working; he makes photographs, working with subject matter that he thinks will make the pictures.