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

I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment. It is the only photo that influenced me. There is such intensity in this image, such spontaneity, such joie de vivre, such miraculousness, that even today it still bowls me over.

Thinking should be done beforehand and afterwards - never while actually taking a photograph.

A photograph is neither taken or seized by force. It offers itself up. It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.

I enjoy very much seeing a good photographer working. There’s an elegance, just like in a bullfight.

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

Give me inspiration over information.