Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts 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.

By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.