People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.
Many photographers live in a dream world of beautiful backgrounds. It wouldn’t hurt them to get a taste of reality to wake them up.
News photography teaches you to think fast.
What I did, anybody can do.
Anyone who looks for life can find it... and they don't need to photograph ashcans. The average camera fan reminds me of Pollyanna, with a lollypop in one hand and a camera in the other. You can't be a Nice Nelly and take news pictures.