I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don't use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

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.

All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.

If I'd had the nerve, I'd have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn't, I became a photographer.

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

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

I paint when I cannot photograph.