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

I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less getting a bad shake.

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

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)

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

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.

I've been asked if I think there will ever come a time when all people come together. I would like to think there will. All we can do is hope and dream and work toward that end. And that's what I've tried to do all my life.