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

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!

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.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Get it out of your historic head.

I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.