No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptio….

A photograph is not an accident - is a concept. It exists at, or before, the moment of exposure of the negative..

The whole world is, to me, very much "alive" - all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can't look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for ins….

It is easy to take a photograph, but it is harder to make a masterpiece in photography than in any other art medium..

Black and white photography is truly quite a 'departure from reality', and the transition from one aspect of visual magic to another was not as compl….

The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit..

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art..

I can look at a fine art photograph and sometimes I can hear music..

I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!.

Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photogra….

The great rocks of Yosemite, expressing qualities of timeless yet intimate grandeur, are the most compelling formations of their kind. We should not ….

The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream..

I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term - meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail….

Today, we must realize that nature is revealed in the simplest meadow, wood lot, marsh, stream, or tidepool, as well as in the remote grandeur of our….

All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when I preach sharpness, b….

The (photographic) negative is the equivalent of the composers score and the print is the equivalent of the conductors performance..

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed..

To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult ….

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs..

The skies and land are so enormous, and the detail so precise and exquisite that wherever you are you are isolated in a glowing world between the mac….

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious ….