It is not sociologists who provide insights but photographers of our sort who are observers at the very center of their times. I have always felt strongly that this was the photographer's true vocation.

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.

André Kertész has two qualities that are essential for a great photographer: an insatiable curiosity about the world, about people, and about life, and a precise sense of form.

My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.

For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.