The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.

I suddenly understood that a photograph could fix eternity in an instant.

Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust.

What do you think I'm a professor of? The little finger? (On offers of honorary doctorates.)

Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.

It seems dangerous to be a portrait artist who does commissions for clients because everyone wants to be flattered, so they pose in such a way that there's nothing left of truth.