Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic.

The photographer's intentions do not determine the meaning of a photograph, which will have its own career, blown by the whims and loyalties of the diverse communities that have use for it.

We live in a world of copies and we're fascinated when we encounter the originals (in a museum, for instance).

In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.

The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion of possibility.

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.

I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.