One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

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.

Reaching a 'creative' state of mind thru positive action is considered preferable to waiting for 'inspiration'.

One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

I have often photographed when I am not in tune with nature but the photographs look as if I had been. So I conclude that something in nature says, 'Come and take my photograph.' So I do, regardless of how I feel.

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

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.