Dare to be irrational! - keep free from formulas, open to any fresh impulse, fluid.

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

The only people remembered in history are the ones that dedicate their lives to service and purpose

There is no greater success than turning your true passion into a dream, and seeing its reality come to manifestation.

You are important to this earth. If you were meant to journey alone, you would not have friends...

An apprentice was unquestioningly loyal until the moment he wasn't. Both Master and apprentice knew this.

A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.

This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don't have a lot of difficulty.

All I know is what I have words for.

My wife made me join a bridge club... I jump off next Tuesday.

I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of picked on those cheerleaders!

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.