The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world.

...it is seldom indeed that a composition which was poor when the picture was taken can be improved by reshaping it in the dark room.

The camera can be a machine gun, a warm kiss, a sketchbook. Shooting a camera is like saying, Yes, yes, yes. There is no maybe. All the maybes should go in the trash.

For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.

I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us.

Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should?

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.