I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don't use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.