I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized.

I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the intuition and the imagination and the quiet voice inside my head that says: isn't that extraordinary? The things in our lives are the shadows of reality, just as we ourselves are shadows.

Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this.

To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it.

You can never capture a person in picture, never. You might get an interesting expression or gesture. I almost never research a picture subject ahead of time. I think Karsh is full of baloney. Can you imagine spending a whole week out in La Jolla with Jonas Salk soaking up his ambiance, then wind up making him look as if he's in the studio in Ottawa with his thumb under his chin?

I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized.

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.