At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

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

The state of mind of the photographer creating is a blank. I might add that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures. -Something keeps him from falling off curbs, down open manholes, into bumpers of skidding trucks while in this condition but goes off duty at other times. . . . This is a very special kind of blank. A very active state of mind really, it is a very receptive state. . .

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

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

If I have anything to give you through camera, it must be of myself. … A gnawing burns inside … to make something of myself worth giving.

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.