“Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”

The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !

l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

An original is a creation motivated by desire.

I paint when I cannot photograph.

I have never painted a recent picture.

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !

Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.

There will always be light, and I will never stop chasing it.

If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public.

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.

In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen.

I would imagine there are days when Superman wakes up, glances at his cape, and wonders when someone will come save him.

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.

And even in such a temporary world, my love for you will always remain.