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?

I never stopped photographing. There were a couple of years when I didn't have a darkroom, but that didn't stop me from photographing.

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.

Get it out of your historic head.

I don't know what love means.

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

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.