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

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

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

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

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

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.