The photographs that excite me are photographs that say something in a new manner; not for the sake of being different but ones that are different because the individual is different and the individual expresses himself.

The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. If you choose your subject selectively—intuitively—the camera can write poetry.

I can't say what makes a picture. I can't say. It's mysterious.

You only do exercises in art school. That's not the real thing. A little bit tells you so much. You have to find your own self. And you don't know what you are! But that's what you have to search for.

Nothing wrong with people getting shot, as long as it's the right people getting shot.

A picture is like a prayer.

Experience is the best teacher of all. And for that, there are no guarantees that one will become an artist. Only the journey matters.