Technique does not need to be interpreted. It interprets itself. You have to choose the right objects and focus on them precisely and they will tell you their own stories.

Let us... leave art to the artists, and let us try to use the medium of photography to create photographs that can endure because of their photographic qualities.

In photography one should surely proceed from essence of the object and attempt to represent it with photographic terms alone.

... modern life is no longer thinkable without photography.

Nature, after all, is not so poor that she requires constant improvement

I'd like to briefly state the accomplishment that we expect from a photographer. He must make the person being photographed forget that he has eaten from the tree of knowledge.

You're only as old as you feel.

Honestly, I’m sorry you have no more power over me, but I’m not scared of you anymore. It’s just not worth my time.

In the realm of dream and imagination all men are equal.

You've just got to trust your instincts and realize that you can't please all the people all the time. You've got to please yourself ultimately in the end.

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you.

You only go from nowhere to everywhere once. Let's enjoy it!

Really, though, I just want to make the kind of comics I wouldn't be embarrassed to read in public.

Reality is, you have to work harder the older you get.

We no longer want to be a province that is unlike the others, we want to be a country [that will be] like the others.

Here's an idea: let's get over ourselves, buy a cherry pie, and go fall in love with life.