What's happening is that people are making a billion photographs a year of their cats, frequently with the cats wearing costumes. Do you think I should be doing shows of cat photography?

The basic material of photographs is not intrinsically beautiful. It's not like ivory or tapestry or bronze or oil on canvas. You're not supposed to look at the thing, you're supposed to look through it. It's a window.

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

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

Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment.

The photographer’s vision convinces us to the degree that the photographer hides his hand.

Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.