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

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.

All critics should be assassinated.

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.

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

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