And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, create an object that has a life of its own, which transcends craftsmanship. That is a long road, and because it must be your own road nobody can teach it to you or find it for you. There are no shortcuts, no rules.

Photography... is either an expression of a cosmic vision, an embodiment of a life movement or it is nothing - to me. (1919)

To be a photographer you must have something to say about the world.

Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life.

It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.

The photographer's problem is to see clearly the limitations and at the same time the potential qualities of his medium, for it is precisely here that honesty no less than intensity of vision is the pre-requisite of a living expression. The fullest realization of this is accomplished without tricks of process or manipulation, through the use of straight photographic methods.

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.