Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

Suicide note. "To my friends. My work is done why wait?"

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

You push the button, we do the rest.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.

Men who leave their money to be distributed by others are pie-faced mutts.

Only Give up, When Your Hearts Gives up.(Don't Give up, till your Last Breath)

Artificial manners vanish the moment the natural passions are touched.

There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree.

Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you.

I'm not one of these people who thinks everything in the past is great and everything modern is terrible. But I do think cities should be a mix of old things and new things.

Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization.

What happens when you lose your heart's desire?