I’m no part time dilettante photographer, unlike the bartenders, shoe salesmen, floorwalkers plumbers, barbers, grocery clerks and chiropractors whose great hobby is their camera. All their friends rave about what wonderful pictures they take. If they’re so good, why don’t they take pictures full—time, for a living, and make floor walking, chiropractics, etc., their hobby? But everyone wants to play it safe. They’re afraid to give up their pay checks and their security they might miss a meal.

It's been a strange [summer].... I was sent by a magazine to photograph famous photographers.... Of course, I included myself.

To me, pictures are like blintzes - ya gotta get 'em while they're hot.

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.

To me a photograph is a page from life, and that being the case, it must be real.

The same camera that photographs a murder scene can photograph a beautiful society affair at a big hotel.

What I did, anybody can do.