Get it out of your historic head.

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

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.

I don't resent anything.

There are certain things you don't discuss with Ansel, especially if you don't agree.

I wasn't very ambitious. I think that's the solution. I just took things as they came. I wouldn't say I didn't have any problem, but I didn't care. I didn't think I was going to save the world by doing photography as some of these people do. I was just having a good time doing it, and so I still had a good time no matter what I had to photograph.

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.