A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.

Never be anxious about maintaining the position you occupy. Be anxious about maintaining your good character and you will never lose your leadership influence!

Every kindness we have done is a monument built in our name in the heart of God!

The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that if you let it alone it will let you alone.

Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists.

Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.

You have to live a life to become a writer.

The history of theatre is the history of first nights.

God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

In every war at some point in time, you do sit down and negotiate.