There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.

Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it. The photographers eye is perpetually evaluating. A photographer can bring coincidence of line simply by moving his head a fraction of a millimeter. He can modify perspectives by a slight bending of the knees. By placing the camera closer to or farther from the subject, he draws a detail — and it can be subordinated, or he can be tyrannized by it.

Give me inspiration over information.

Some photographs are like a Chekhov short story or a Maupassant story. They're quick things and there's a whole world in them. But one is unconscious of it while shooting.

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

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

Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing.