The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish.

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.

Available light is any damn light that is available!

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.

The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.

I can’t stand these damn shows on museum walls with neat little frames, where you look at the images as if they were pieces of art. I want them to be pieces of life!