I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for don't embarrass yourself or others, meaning remember the names of the people you have to thank.

When you go searching, you never know what you will find.

Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs over the past forty years has ultimately been about defining myself. It has been fundamentally a psychological and existential journey.

The pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche... It's a hard place to get to, honestly. It has taken me many years to get to that place and to define it visually.

Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.

Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a manner similar to the way the human eye might perceive... Black and white is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality.

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I do it.

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.

My best Pictures are the ones I don’t understand.