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.

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.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

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

Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.

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

You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.