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

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.

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

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.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.

Different levels of photography require different levels of understanding and skill. A "press the button, let George do the rest" photographer needs little or no technical knowledge of photography. A zone system photographer takes more responsibility. He visualizes before he presses the button, and afterwards calibrates for predictable print values.