A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph.
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
I had a picture-perfect childhood.
It's far better to shoot a good picture than a good-looking picture.
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed.
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.
I've always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.
My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person.