If the photographer is interested in the people in front of his lens, and if he is compassionate, it's already a lot. The instrument is not the camera but the photographer.

Recording sessions were stimulating to photograph, because everything was in motion: the subject, the musicians, the technicians and the photographer. You needed fast reflexes to keep up with moving targets, and sensitivity and skill to get the pictures while keeping out of the performers' eyeline so as not to break their concentration.

I think if I ever get satisfied, I’ll have to stop. It’s the frustration that drives you.

If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

It's the hardest thing in the world to take the mundane and try to show how special it is.

It doesn't matter if you use a box camera or you use a Leica; the important thing is what motivates you when you are photographing.

I found a way of working which pleased me because I didn’t have to frighten people with heavy equipment. It was that little black box and me.