Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.

... it came to me that what I had to do was to take pictures and concentrate upon people, only people, all kinds of people, people who paid me and people who didn't.

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.

No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.