As far as I am concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which cannot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It is a way of life.

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

It's wonderful to be famous as long as you remain unknown.

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

Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time.

Life is once. Forever.

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