I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.

So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.

I told the students that whatever they did in class was for the wastebasket.

When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.

Suppose Cartier-Bresson asked the man who jumped the puddle to do it again --- it never would have been the same. Start stealing!