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.

A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

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.

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

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."