I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world.
Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement.
There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup.
If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?
A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.
A photographer who wants to see. . . . must recognize the value of the familiar. Your ability to see is not increased by the distance you put between yourself and your home. If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?. . . . Good seeing doesn't ensure good photographs, but good photographic expression is impossible without it.
The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools.
I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
That's what a god is. Somebody who knows more than you do about whatever you're dealing with.
The love and laughter are what you need most in your life. They'll fill out all the potholes in the road.