I'm not a particularly verbose person. I think that's why I like taking pictures... they speak for themselves.

Dickerson frames photography as a medium that compensates for, or even transcends, verbal self-expression. By calling himself “not particularly verbose,” he suggests a preference for communication that is immediate, intuitive, and less mediated by explanation. The claim that pictures “speak for themselves” points to the documentary and emotional power of images: they can convey mood, character, and narrative without the speaker having to justify or elaborate. Implicitly, the quote also defends visual art against the demand for artist statements—arguing that the work’s meaning can be carried in the image itself, and that silence or brevity can be an aesthetic choice rather than a limitation.