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

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

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

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.

But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group.

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.

I do find a certain fascination with the unpredictable. The transitory years we wade through are what they are- what we make of them.