Sometimes I envy painters, it is wonderful to remain in front of a bouquet of flowers a whole morning, or even longer. A photographer is like a cloud, pushed all around, always dependent on the exterior world. That's what I sometimes feel as a pain and an error.

Millions of unnecessary photos are taken every day. People stand before the Pyramids and photograph them, when for three cents they could buy postcards which show them much better.

The wandering photographer sees the same show that everyone else sees. He, however, stops to watch it.

I think that the photos that we like were made when the photographer knew how to disappear. If there were a secret, certainly that would be it.

There are certain pictures I can never take. We turn on the TV and are smothered with cruelty and suffering and I don't need to add to it. So I just photograph peaceful things. A vase of flowers, a beautiful girl. Sometimes, through a peaceful face, I can bring something important into the world.

The most important thing is to go out and see the stars, not to see them in books.

To live, to experience the world, to communicate with a camera, all these are interrelated and cannot be separated from everyday live.