Photography is a language more universal than words.
Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
Since I'm inarticulate, I express myself with images.
I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed.
What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.
Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn't look like somebody else's work.
If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.
Photography can light-up darkness and expose ignorance.
A great photograph is a full expression of what one feels...
The camera has always been a guide, and it's allowed me to see things and focus on things that maybe an average person wouldn't even notice.
A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.
You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life.
Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
When I photograph, what I'm really doing is seeking answers to things.
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them.
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
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