The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif.

In photography, you've got to be quick, quick, quick, quick...Like an animal and a prey.

Photographier: c'est mettre sur la meme ligne de mire la tete, l'oeil et le coeur.

They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.

The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.

The difference between a good picture and a mediocre picture is a question of millimeters - small, small differences - but it’s essential. I didn’t think there is such a big difference between photographers. Very little difference. But it is that little difference that counts, maybe

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