Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.

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

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

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.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

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 picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.