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

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

So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.

The camera could be a very powerful instrument against discrimination, against poverty, against racism.

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

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

Photography was my choice of weapons.