For me photography is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one.... Whether we like it or not, we are involved in a sensual business.

Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.

I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise.

The idea of photography as evidence is pure bullshit. A photo is no more proof of any reality than what you may hear being said by someone in a bus. We only record details, small fragments of the world.

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.

My first reaction at the very idea of this interview was to refuse to talk about photography. Why dissect and comment a process that is essentially a spontaneous reaction to a surprise?

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.