Occupation: Photographer Birth: October 22, 1912 Death: March 15, 1999
I like the simple things. I don't know why. I'm that way. I came from a simple place..
I love art because it doesn't have rules like baseball. The only rule is to be good. That's the toughest thing to do..
Photography is an adventure just as life is an adventure..
A picture is like a prayer..
To be a photographer, one must photograph. No amount of book learning, no checklist of seminars attended, can substitute for the simple act of making….
A man's got to know his limitations..
I guess I've shot about 40,000 negatives and of these I have about 800 pictures I like..
I realize that we all do express ourselves, but those who express that which is always being done are those whose thinking is almost in every way in ….
Opinions are like assholes, everbody's got one..
In terms of art, the only real answer that I know of is to do it. If you don't do it, you don't know what might happen..
I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To m….
If you choose your subject selectively - intuitively - the camera can write poetry..
The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. ….
It's the subject matter that counts. I'm interested in revealing the subject in a new way to intensify it. A photo is able to capture a moment that p….
I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in peopl….
The photographs that excite me are photographs that say something in a new manner; not for the sake of being different but ones that are different be….
A picture is like a prayer; you're offering a prayer to get something, and in a sense it's like a gift of God because you have practically no control….
I just don't know what makes a picture, really - the thing that makes it is something unique, as far as I can understand. Just like one guy can write….
Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters..
Only the journey matters..
I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further..