The painters have no copyright on modern art ! …I believe in, and make no apologies for, photography: it is the most important graphic medium of our day. It does not have to be, indeed cannot be - compared to painting – it has different means and aims.

Wildcat Hill, 1937. (When the article title, “Edward Weston, Artist” was sent to him in gallery, he circled the word “Artist” with the comment: “Cut, or change to “Photographer”, of which title I am very proud.) [“Edward Weston – The Flame of Recognition” edited by Nancy Newhall, An Aperture Monograph, New York 1971 p. 64]