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

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.

Shoot for the secrets, develop for the surprises

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

The camera is cruel, so I try to be as good as I can to make things even.

Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.

What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.