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.
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
I exist as I am, that is enough.
Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on earth.
All of the men on my staff can type.
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
It is never too late to give up your prejudices.
It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.
The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.
Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts.
My eyes were glued on life and they were full of tears.
I read my eyes out and can't read half enough...the more one reads the more one sees we have to read.
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
I'm right there, swimming the river of hardships but I know how to swim...
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.