l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

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

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.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

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.