For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.

The camera is for us a tool, not a pretty mechanical toy ... people think far too much about techniques and not enough about seeing.

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

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.

Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time.

Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact