I know what I like to use myself. I use Leicas, but when I look at the photograph, I don't ask the photograph questions. Mine or anybody else's. The only time I've ever dealt with that kind of thing is when I'm teaching.

You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.

Nobody sold prints then and prices didn't mean anything. In terms of earning your living, it was a joke.

I had an agent. When [Edward] Steichen was doing "The Family of Man", I went up to the office one day. I think Wayne Miller, who assisted Steichen with "The Family of Man," was up there and pulled out a bunch of pictures. So I got a message: "Take these pictures, call Steichen, make an appointment and take these pictures up there." And that's how I met him.

There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described.

The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed

I don't know how to say easily what I learned. One thing I can say I learned is how amazing photography could be.