That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost yourself.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.

The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.

Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don't realize it.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

He does what he thinks God would do if God only knew the facts.

Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die.

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that.

People always think American politics is very different, but usually it is a predictor of what happens in the politics elsewhere.

Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior.