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

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.

...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.

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.

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.

To engage a sequence, we keep in mind the photographs on either side of the one in our eye.

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