The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.

Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics to explain the motions of the sun, moon, and stars. It has mapped the heavens, leaving no place for gods to live.

Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty

It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.

I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents quite a challenge to the man who can take delight in being in a very difficult, disdained medium.

The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.