I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

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

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

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

One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

Each one of us, in his timidity, has a limit beyond which he is outraged. It is inevitable that he who by concentrated application has extended this limit for himself, should arouse the resentment of those who have accepted conventions which, since accepted by all, require no initiative of application. And this resentment generally takes the form of meaningless laughter or of criticism, if not persecution.

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.