There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made.

When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self.

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.

Photography is a language more universal than words.

When I look at pictures I have made, I have forgotten what I saw in front of the camera and respond only to what I am seeing in the photographs.

In putting images together I become active, and excitement is of another order - synthesis overshadows analysis.