One Of The Satisfactions Of

I Photograph The Things That I Do Not Wish To Paint, The Things Which Already Have An Existence.

Speaking Of Nudes, I Have Always Had A Great Fondness For This Subject, Both In My Paintings And In My Photos, And I Must Admit, Not For Purely Artistic Reasons.

A Certain Amount Of Contempt For The Material Employed To Express An Idea Is Indispensable To The Purest Realization Of This Idea.

Just As I Work With Paints, Brushes, And Canvas, I Work With The Light, Pieces Of Glass And Chemistry.

If I'd Had The Nerve, I'd Have Become A Thief Or A Gangster, But Since I Didn't, I Became A Photographer.