I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life

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

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

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

If a man can reach the latter days of his life with his soul intact, he has mastered life.