...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.

A very receptive state of mind... not unlike a sheet of film itself - seemingly inert, yet so sensitive that a fraction of a second's exposure conceives a life in it.

We could teach photography as a way to make a living, and best of all, somehow to get students to experience for themselves photography as a way of life.

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.

Watching the way the current moves a blade of grass - sometimes I've seen that happen and it has just turned me inside out.

All photographs are self-portraits.

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