I love to read theories without ever using them when working... The paradoxical fact in the aesthetic is that theories are also true in reverse.

The artist must express the summation of his feeling, knowing and believing through the unity of his life and work.

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.

You don’t take pictures, the good ones happen to you.

A few words about the question of whether photography is art or not: I never understood the question.

Beware of direct inspiration. It leads too quickly to repetitions of what inspired you.