The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. - Ansel Adams

No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.

The herculean task of a photographer is to capture a momentary frame as beautiful in reality, as it would be in a dream.

For me the future of the image is going to be in electronic form. … You will see perfectly beautiful images on an electronic screen. And I'd say that would be very handsome. They would be almost as close as the best reproductions.