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When Photographers Get Beyond Copying The Achievements Of Others, Or Just Repeating Their Own Accidental First Successes, They Learn That They Do Not Know Where In The World They Will Find Pictures. Nobody Does. Each Photograph That Works Is A Revelation To Its Supposed Creator.

Again The Important Point To Remember Is That You Should Keep Asking Yourself Questions. Do Not Make Statements. Ask Questions To Yourself. The Mind Hates That.

Darkroom Work Had, After All, Never Interested Me Except As A Means To An End; The Place I Wanted To Be Was Outside In The Light.

Part Of The Difficulty In Trying To Be Both An Artist And A Businessperson Is This: You Make A Picture Because You Have Seen Something Beyond Price; Then You Are To Turn And Assign To Your Record Of It A Cash Value. If The Selling Is Not Necessarily A Contradiction Of The Truth In The Picture, It Is So Close To Being A Contradiction—and The Truth Is Always In Shades Of Gray-that You Are Worn Down By The Threat.

There Is Only One I Actually. That I Is Consciousness. When You Follow The Personal I To The Source, It Turns Into The Universal I, Which Is Consciousness. Begin To Catch Yourself. Begin To Realize Your Divine Nature. You Do This By Keeping Quiet. The Fastest Way To Realization Is To Keep Quiet.