My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs.

Life is beating against the school windows. You must quickly open the doors and go out to learn that no door must be locked against you.

If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-only that I want that picture.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

I like to hide my camera and use a remote control, because then no one knows when I'm actually imprisoning their souls in the visual plane of thought or just sitting there, waiting, and then making time stop. The printed film is like a bell used to symbolize its hour. Except it stands for both that hour's and everything's sudden stopping.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.