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

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

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

All critics should be assassinated.