I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.

My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.

Anybody is influenced by where and how he lives.

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

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

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

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.