... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in positions of authority may prove to be enlightened men, wielding power justly, they are natural, if cautious, allies of the "establishment.

I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD.

Photographs furnish evidence. Something we hear about, but doubt, seems proven when we're shown a photograph of it.

Being in love means being willing to ruin yourself for the other person.

...to photograph is to frame, and to frame is to exclude.

In NY sensuality completely turns into sexuality - no objects for the senses to respond to, no beautiful river, houses, people. Awful smells of the street, and dirt... Nothing except eating, if that, and the frenzy of the bed.

Standing alone, photographs promise an understanding they cannot deliver. In the company of words, they take on meaning, but they slough off one meaning and take on another with alarming ease.