I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.

Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at?

I found out that I could not choose a subject, throw it out of focus, and then have a good picture. I found that I had to learn to see No-focus from the beginning.

I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion or imagination.

I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to these things exactly as if it were written out on a page. I think it can be done.

I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer.

A Man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.

Only what is seen, appreciated, and loved will be missed in its absence which makes humans creatures of habit

Well maybe the princess shouldnt be a damsel and she can save herself.

There is no revolution that can change the nature of man

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

I said that I was gonna smash him in three rounds, and that's what I did.

Authentic needs are the needs that are always met by the Universe.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make; We bring our precious gifts to them, Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.

Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.