No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

Students were taught by doing.

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

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

Sometimes we work so fast that we don't really understand what's going on in front of the camera. We just kind of sense that, 'Oh my God, it's significant!' and photograph impulsively while trying to get the exposure right. Exposure occupies my mind while intuition frames the images.

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.