I was a hired gun, more or less.

Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind .

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

I enjoyed it [commercial work] until I stopped. You could travel and get around. I can't really explain why, I just didn't want to do it anymore.

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker. I have no confusions. About that.

There is a transformation, you see, when you just put four edges around it. That changes it. A new world is created.

I don't know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs.