I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

Photography was my choice of weapons.

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

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

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.

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.

I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil.