I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.

In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.

Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.

An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

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

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

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.