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

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit. Enthusiasm is natural; it is being alive, taking the initiative, seeing the importance of what you do, giving it dignity and making what you do important to yourself and to others.

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.

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.

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.

Photography was my choice of weapons.

I had known poverty firsthand, but there I learned how to fight its evil - along with the evil of racism - with a camera.