One Of The Satisfactions Of A Genius

I Would Photograph An Idea Rather Than An Object, A Dream Rather Than An Idea.

An Original Is A Creation Motivated By Desire. Any Reproduction Of An Originals Motivated Be Necessity. It Is Marvelous That We Are The Only Species That Creates Gratuitous Forms. To Create Is Divine, To Reproduce Is Human.

Just As I Work With Paints, Brushes, And Canvas, I Work With The Light, Pieces Of Glass And Chemistry.

A Camera Alone Does Not Make A Picture. To Make A Picture You Need A Camera, A Photographer And Above All A Subject. It Is The Subject That Determines The Interest Of The Photograph.

If I'd Had The Nerve, I'd Have Become A Thief Or A Gangster, But Since I Didn't, I Became A Photographer.