To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.

This benefit of seeing...can come only if you pause a while, extricate yourself from the maddening mob of quick impressions ceaselessly battering our lives, and look thoughtfully at a quiet image...the viewer must be willing to pause, to look again, to meditate.

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.

We know by now how to photograph poor people. What we don't know is how to photograph affluence - whose other face is poverty.

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.