In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.

Irving Penn said he didn't want to photograph anyone under 60, and I think there is some truth about it.

I don't try to overintellectua lize my concepts of people. In fact, the ideas I have, if you talk about them, they seem extremely corny and it's only in their execution that people can enjoy them...It's something I've learned to trust: The stupider it is, the better it looks.

When I take a picture I take 10 percent of what I see.

A photograph is just a tiny slice of a subject. A piece of them in a moment. It seems presumptuous to think you can get more than that.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

The subjects felt more comfortable if they played the role than if they had to be themselves.