Well, she said, that picture is the kind of picture that gives pleasure to the kind of people who like that kind of picture.

I’ve photographed everybody from Matisse to Isamu Noguchi.

The cat seldom interferes with other people’s rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

There are ... two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be understood and those who long to be misunderstood. It is the irony of life that neither is gratified.

Is a little experience too much to pay for learning to know oneself?

The lack of imagination or invention most people display in naming pussies is almost beyond credence.

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.

...with a cat you stand on much the same footing that you stand with a fine and dignified friend; if you forfeit his respect and confidence the relationship suffers. The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

Note 4. For these and other reasons the cat is also very hard to photograph. The best photographs are instantaneous, as the mere breathing of a cat will blur the fur in a time exposure.

The cat is the only animal without visible means of support who still manages to find a living in the city.