I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera

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.

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.

No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination. Photography is the youngest art form. All attempts to enlarge its frontiers are important and should be encouraged.

The word "photography" can be interpreted as "writing with light" or "drawing with light." Some photographers are producing beautiful photographs by drawing with light.. Some other photographers are trying to tell something with their photographs. They are writing with light.

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were