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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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