The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.

The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless.

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

Good photography is unpretentious.

That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

But that's what we all are-just stories. We only exist by how people remember us, by the stories we make of our lives. Without the stories, we'd just fade away.

The inerrancy debate is based on the belief that the Bible is the word of God, that the Bible is true because God made it and gave it to us as a guide to truth. But that's not what the Bible says.

You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.

Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make."

Nothing can contribute more to peace of soul than the lack of any opinion whatever.

Smell is a fallen angel.

How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator?

The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you'll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.

I'm a pretty serious Independent.