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 realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.

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.

What you need to be a good photographer is an overwhelming curiosity and a good digestion.

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.

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.