What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

I think the digital camera would record that information too fast for me.

If you're not going to tell something if you're not going to expose something it's real easy to go in and photograph from behind the camera and not expose any of your weaknesses.

We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.

To me, that is the essence of me as a photographer. It is those ideas, working with them, formulating them and eventually putting them down on paper, photographing them and then going on to the next step.

My son does a little photography, but he's not involved the way I was.

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

No matter how fast I could do it with the digital camera I don't think I would get the same thing out of it. The passion I have for formulating an idea stands alone. It is the important essence of what I do.

If no one wants to jump into a Kim Weston and drive it down the street. That's fine with me I don't care. I know my work is good and I know it's serious work.

Growing up, I didn't give my grandfather's photography a second thought. I wasn't involved in his work, except that I helped my dad print his negatives.

Well, now I'm an old photographer and I still don't sell.

I didn't want to travel. I didn't want to leave my family. I heard all these stories from Dad about not having Edward around when he was young, and I didn't want that to happen.

Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.

I think all photographers fit their vision to their personality.

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist.

In front of the camera I look and I see visually what I've created.

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I don't sell anything.

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.

I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part.

I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

My surprises come usually once I start rolling and photographing.

Any nude is a something you setup in front of the camera.

I photographed rocks and trees and tide pools and nudes and all that stuff for years and years. Until 20 years ago when I found that I could do it in the studio and never have to travel.

Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work.

You work on an idea, your first interpretation is very raw and you work it and you work it and it gets polished and polished. It gets to a certain level and then it comes down off that peak.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

I don't know, the older I get, the more complicated I think I get, which is a hindrance.

The darkroom is just the means to an end.

That's not to say that some day I won't go outside again, but I'm having a great time working on this process.

I don't need the money I generate from photography to support myself.

The gallery is generating work for the masses.

I don't think at that time I realized how important it was and how important it was for me to be here and carry on that legacy in our family of being a photographer.

It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you're fulfilling that inner need, and for me the need is more the process than the finished product. My photographs are stories of the process.

The great thing about this thing we call art is that it has no rules.

Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

The dedication of the United States Air Force, Special Forces, and others involved in the mission to tracking down terrorists can not be matched. We express our gratitude to these men and women who defend the freedom America represents.

Through persistent dedication, Susan B. Anthony, and other remarkable leaders, women were finally granted the right to vote in 1920.

While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.

Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation.

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list.

We will ensure that associates continue to possess unsurpassed product knowledge and maintain their dedication to customer service and respect for their colleagues and for the communities in which they work and live.

Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

I think that with a lot of hard work and dedication, I feel that I could be the best in the world. I'm still only 35 years old... I have a fresh start physically and mentally, and I feel that I can achieve my goal to be the best again.

My brother Larry. He taught me how hard work and dedication to the game was the only way to make it. He's taken care of all my business activities for me and my family for many years, and I thank him for that.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.