Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-only that I want that picture.

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another.

My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.