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.

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

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

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.

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.

In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.

The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.

You cannot exist as a $20 billion company with speculation.

Painters love paint itself: so much that they spend years trying to get paint to behave the way they want it to.

So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.

Philosophy is the only excuse God has for his cruelty and vanity.

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

Family was a fertile breeding ground for the kind of psychological bacteria that warped minds and devoured hope.