Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by vanity only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.

My chief joy is to photograph the great in heart, in mind, and in spirit, whether they be famous or humble.

We may never be able to pay directly for the gifts of true friendship - but pay we must, even though we make our payment to someone who owes us nothing, in some other place and at some other time.

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.