The photographer must be absorbent - like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic moment... His technique should be like an animal function... he should act automatically.

For a photographer, the first 70 years are a bit difficult, but after that things get better.

The photographer must be absorbent - like a blotter, allow himself to be permeated by the poetic moment... His technique should be like an animal function... he should act automatically.

If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.

I prefer my hesitations, my false paths, my stammering, to a preconceived idea.

There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself....You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it