Making a definitive declaration of intent or meaning kills the photograph.

For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality

If you were to ask me to define a photograph in a few words, I would say it is a fossil of light and time.

Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of beauty.

Most of what I want simply slips away like water flowing through a net, and always what remains are only vague, elusive fragments of images... that sink into countless strata in my mind.

I want to take a lot of Nasty photos.

The photographer who attempts to fit happily into the world by using the traditional perspective of the camera will end up falling into the hole of the "idea" he has dug for himself.

I wanted to go to the end of photography.

Don't be afraid of silly ideas.

You're right. What Drew and I had was genuine. He loved me. That doesn't mean he didn't change his mind.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

God’s jewels are often sent us in rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very treasures of the King’s palace and the Bridegroom’s Love.

So let the storm rage. Let the storm rage.

I studied every thing but never topped.... But today the toppers of the best universities are my employees

At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.

We should be on our guard against the temptation to argue directly from skill to capacity, and to assume when a man displays skill in some feat, his capacity is therefore considerable.