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

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

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

The reason why we want to remember an image varies: because we simply 'love it,' or dislike it so intensely that it becomes compulsive, or because it has made us realize something about ourselves, or has brought about some slight change in us. Perhaps the reader can recall some image, after the seeing of which he has never been quite the same.

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

We emphasized the creativeness that happens at the moment of seeing over the kind that takes place in the dark room.

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