The best lesson I was given is that all of life teaches, especially if we have that expectation.

We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs move people. The photograph that does both is the one we want to see and make.

And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or not, photographers are looking, seeing, and thinking about what they see, a habit that is both a pleasure and a problem, for we seldom capture in a single photograph the full expression of what we see and feel. It is the hope that we might express ourselves fully-and the evidence that other photographers have done so-that keep us taking pictures.

Richard Prince's most famous photograph was made by me.

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Photographs that transcend but do not deny their literal situation appeal to me.

It matters little how much equipment we use; it matters much that we be masters of all we do use.