There's a kind of power thing about the camera. I mean everyone knows you've got some edge. You're carrying some magic which does something to them. It fixes them in a way.

The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

I mean, if you've ever spoken to someone with two heads, you know they know something you don't.

Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize.

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.

The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for what it means to me or what I think about it. You've just got to choose a subject - and what you feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold if you just plain choose a subject and do it enough.

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.