i ♥ W. Eugene Smith

"let the self generate it's own photographs. become a camera."

"Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the poor drafts, and the good draft but never the completed version of the work... The print and a proper one is the only completed photograph, whether it is specifically shaded for reproduction, or for a museum wall. Negatives are private, as is my bedroom." From W. Eugene Smith's letter to Life, refusing to allow the magazine to have possession of his negatives.