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.

I can't hold a camera anymore.

You can't make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn't there.

...if you think of modern art like sex in all its forms - heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, multipartnered, bestial, whatever, with absolutely no holds barred and with everything available and permissible - that would be modern art.

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.

If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret.

I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.