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

Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

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

Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.

There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.