Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience.

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.

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.

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

All I care about these days is painting — photography has never been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing.

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