The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

After twenty years you can begin to be sure of what camera will do.

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.

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

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

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

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