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

Nudists are fond of saying that when you come right down to it everyone is alike, and, again, that when you come right down to it everyone is different.

I think all families are creepy in a way.

I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.

There are an awful lot of people in the world and it's going to be terribly hard to photograph all of them... It was my teacher Lisette Model who finally made it clear to me that the more specific you are, the more general it will be.

And the revelation was a little like what saints receive on mountains - a further chapter in the history of the mystery.

The camera is a kind of license.