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You don't take a photograph, you make it.

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.

Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.

If photography were difficult in the true sense . . . that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output.

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.