People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930's and the thing that, the important major things that shaped our history at that time. This is as important for historic reasons as any other.

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

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.

I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.

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.

But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is entering. Half past autumn has arrived.