Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Cut out the eye from a photograph of one who has been loved but is seen no more. Attach the eye to the pendulum of a metronome and regulate the weight to suit the tempo desired. Keep going to the limit of endurance. With a hammer well-aimed, try to destroy the whole at a single blow.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

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 !