I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

War makes its own morals.

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.

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

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

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.

It seems to me that while it is very important to get a striking picture of a line of smoke stacks or a row of dynamos, it is becoming more and more important to reflect that life that goes on behind these photographs. (1935)