All photographs are self-portraits.

It is curious that I always want to group things, a series of sonnets, a series of photographs; whatever rationalizations appear, they originate in urges that are rarely satisfied with single images.

Photographers who come up with power never get accused of imitating anyone else even though they photograph the same broom, same street, same portraits.

Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no technical knowledge of photography. A zone system photographer takes more responsibility. He visualizes before he presses the button, and afterwards calibrates for predictable print values.

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.