Photography is a contest between a photographer and the presumptions of approximate and habitual seeing. The contest can be held anywhere.

To quote out of context is the essence of the photographer's craft.

A skillful photographer can photograph anything well.

Because we see reality in different ways, we must understand that we are looking at different truths rather than the truth and that, therefore, all photographs lie in one way or another.

It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about.

The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different.

The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive.

The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.

What's happening is that people are making a billion photographs a year of their cats, frequently with the cats wearing costumes. Do you think I should be doing shows of cat photography?

Like an organism, photography was born whole. It is in our progressive discovery of it that its history lies.

Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment.

Money promises more than it delivers

Over and over. They be making me remember everythings. Me old songs, they just be natural. But now they be stuffing new things into me and this poor head hurts horrid.

The heart is a place with worm holes made by feelings you aren't supposed to have but do.

There's no rule for better writing. Make your own rules, and see what works best for you.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas but for scars.

Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognised by the person ready to discover it.

A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

A woman may be a mother, a sister, a business woman, or she may own a business. Woman do many things, and it is important that we do it with grace and style.

All you really need in life is some fresh water, a good hat, and a really good pair of shoes.

It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.