Quotes from Bill Jay

Asked for your opinion on the prints, you have two choices: truth or tact. I ask for the bathroom.

If you cannot think of anything to say that is useful or enlightening about your images, then don't say anything. There are plenty of other people who would love to put words in your mouth.

I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home.

Ask photographers to write and they have nothing to say; ask them to talk about their work and they won't shut up.

Think clearly, act sensibly, commit yourself to caring and work hard in order to discover joy. Then give the images back to the world from which they were taken.

If you take pictures does that make you an art thief?

Only in art can you make something that no one wants and still be considered successful.

The best way for photographers to become rich and famous is to go into another field.