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"Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships."
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"There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance."

"Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it."

"But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god."

"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him."
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"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

"It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators."

"A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed."

"When I'm ready to make a photograph, I think I quite obviously see in my minds eye something that is not literally there in the true meaning of the word. I'm interested in something which is built up from within, rather than just extracted from without."

"Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."

"To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things."

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