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.

And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.

I've known both misery and happiness, lived in so many different skins it is impossible for one skin to claim me. And I have felt like a wayfarer on an alien planet at times - walking, running, wondering about what brought me to this particular place, and why. But once I was here the dreams started moving in, and I went about devouring them as they devoured me.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

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

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. Enthusiasm is natural; it is being alive, taking the initiative, seeing the importance of what you do, giving it dignity and making what you do important to yourself and to others.