You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery.

Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.

I do find a certain fascination with the unpredictable. The transitory years we wade through are what they are- what we make of them.

You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)

I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to people and talk to them and get my work done.

I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.