I'd rather speak as a student of philosophy. Philosophically it makes no sense, absolutely makes no sense. Why should people inherit evil things when their memories could contain and should invoke good things?

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.

Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.

I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . .

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

Sometimes I think I prefer the storyteller in [Roman Vishniac] to the photographer. But aren't they one and the same?