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"I am always surprised when I see several cameras, a gaggle on lenses, filters, meters, et cetera, rattling around in a soft bag with a complement of refuse and dust. Sometimes the professional is the worst offender!"
"I've always thought photography was an art form, but it had very low appreciation in the beginning, except for some Europeans, and of course Stieglitz. Stieglitz always considered photography to be an art form and is the "father" of the creative concepts of the twentieth century."
"For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form... You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And Id say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions."
"The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream."
"Knowing what I know now, any photographer worth his salt could make some beautiful things with pinhole cameras."
"The [35mm] camera is for life and for people, the swift and intense moments of life."
"I do not think there is any question of photography being an art form!"
"In a strict sense photography can never be abstract, for the camera is incapable of synthetic integration."
"You don't take a picture, you make a picture."