An artist must be ruthlessly selfish.

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil.

The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect …[for] photographic journalism, because of its tremendous audience reached by publications using it, has more influence on public thinking than any other branch of photography.

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice.

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.

My pictures are complex and so am I.

Negatives are the notebooks, the jottings, the false starts, the whims, the poor drafts, and the good draft but never the completed version of the work The print and a proper one is the only completed photograph, whether it is specifically shaded for reproduction, or for a museum wall.