I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.

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.

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.

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.

I came to photography by accident.

I had in mind a long career.