Photography... is either an expression of a cosmic vision, an embodiment of a life movement or it is nothing - to me. (1919).

Your photography is a record of your living - for anyone who really sees. You may see and be affected by other people's ways, you may even use them t….

Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees..

To be a photographer you must have something to say about the world..

No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you ca….

The important thing is, you have to have something important to say about the world..

Photography is only a new road from a different direction, but moving toward the common goal, which is life..

Objectivity is of the very essence of photography, its contribution and at the same time its limitation.

The artist is one who makes a concentrated statement about the world in which he lives and that statement tends to become impersonal-it tends to beco….

The photographer's problem is to see clearly the limitations and at the same time the potential qualities of his medium, for it is precisely here tha….

And if you can find out something about the laws of your own growth and vision as well as those of photography you may be able to relate the two, cre….

It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and ….

Whether a watercolor is inferior to an oil [painting], or whether a drawing, an etching, or a photograph is not as important as either, is inconseque….

The portrait of a person is one of the most difficult things to do. It means you must almost bring the presence of that person photographed to other ….