The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.

The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute

While we're working, we must be conscious of what we're doing.

Of course it's all luck.

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

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.

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