But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable

I don't really trust ideas - especially good ones... Rather, I put my trust in the materials that confront me, because they put me in touch with the unknown.

The only thing that I could get with chance, and I never was able to use it, was that I would end up with something quite geometric or the spirit that I was interested in, indulging in, was gone.

An empty canvas is full.

I'm quite taken aback when I get something that appears to be technically a good photograph, because it's not necessarily my intention.

I don't want a picture to look like something it isn't. I want it to look like something it is.

Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.