With a woman I try to photograph her beauty; with a man I try to show his character. Once I photographed a man with a big nose (Jimmy Durante), and emphasized his nose, and he was very pleased with the picture. That could not happen with a woman. The most intelligent woman will reject a portrait if it doesn't flatter her.

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera

Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most

When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other hand, everything humorous has great attraction for me, and a childish streak leads me into all kinds of frivolous endeavour.