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- Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be. — Edward Weston
- My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea. — Edward Weston
- Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual. — Edward Weston
- I see no reason for recording the obvious. — Edward Weston
- I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work. In most things I have gone along with the plainest - or without. — Edward Weston
- Photography suits the temper of this age - of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately. — Edward Weston