I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it.
The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.
You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.
To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.
Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when. ' There are no exceptions.
The stripped and shapely Maple grieves The ghosts of her Departed leaves. The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown.
Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.