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

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

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

The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.

...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder.

Camera and eye are together a time machine with which the mind and human being can do the same kind of violence to time and space as dreams.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.