“For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.”

The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence

You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this: See the subject first. Do not try to force it to be a picture of this, that or the other thing. Stand apart from it. Then something will happen. The subject will reveal itself.

If you take your inspiration from nature, you don’t invent anything, because what you want to do is to interpret something.

My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality.

When you’re older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window.

I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

Generally there are always a few things that get left off for some reason or other, although the criteria for inclusion vary from project to project.

The criterion for what is good is based on whether it relieves someone, brings joy, or soothes a distress.

Then, they had insisted that only empirical criteria matter and that they actually did not believe in the reality of sub-atomic entities.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.

In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.

So long as we use comfort and security as our criteria of success, we will fear our own intuitive guidance because by its very nature it directs us into new cycles of learning that are sometimes uncomfortable.