You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the universe, things that you hate about the universe. It's capable of doing both.

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

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.

I have been born again and again and each time, I have found something to love.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

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)