I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

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

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

Get it out of your historic head.

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

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?