Photography, when used as a representational art, is not a mere copy of nature. This is proved by the rarity of the 'good' photograph.

The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as the pen.

The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment.

Design is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way, in a harmonious balance of all elements necessary for a certain function.

Designing is not a profession but an attitude... Thinking in relationships.

Design... is the integration of technological, social, and economical requirements, biological necessities, and the psychological effects of materials, shape, color, volume and space.

The photogram, or camera-less record of forms produced by light, which embodies the unique nature of the photographic process, is the real key to photography.

The organization of light and shadow effects produce a new enrichment of vision.

The experience of space is not a privilege of the gifted few, but a biological function.

My talent lies in the expression of my life and creative power through light, colour and form. As a painter I can convey the essence of life.

The photographer is a manipulator of light; photography is a manipulation of light.

Don't let some work to do it for later do it today because some time later will never come.

Don’t forget to wonder and appreciate yourself.

Constant questioning produces a status quo of change.

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

I remember riding across the Brooklyn Bridge about 12 times because they wanted me to keep up with the helicopter, and I said, "Can you have the helicopter keep up with me, my calves are burning!"

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.

I purified my lips with sacred fire that I might speak of love, but when I opened my mouth to speak, I found myself mute.

The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases.

I think the promise of fame and what it holds to you as a child and dreaming of it is not what it is. What it is, I'm not complaining about, but it's just different than the reality you dreamed.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.