I'm not a nice girl; I'm a photographer. (On being told by a Federal Art Project official, after she photographed the Bowery, that a nice girl should not go into such neighborhoods )

Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.

Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.

If a medium is representational by nature of the realistic image formed by a lens, I see no reason why we should stand on our heads to distort that function. On the contrary, we should take hold of that very quality, make use of it, and explore it to the fullest.

I haven't seen too many images that have impressed me!

The art is in selecting what is worthwhile to take the trouble about.

I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.