"I believe in the basic notion that the world is infinitely interesting."

"To be close to life, you have to be close to yourself."

"I'm happiest when I'm away from my studio, away from my house, and out with my camera.”

"The more time you spend with people, the more they trust you, and the more they show who they really are."

"I'm a humanist; I see the little things that we all share together."

"The camera is just a tool; the real magic happens when the photographer can find the humanity in their subjects."

"The pictures are there, and you just take them."

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know."

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind."

“If you want to make a small fortune as a photographer, start with a big fortune“

"The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other."

"I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony.”

“I wanted to see what I could do, just for the sheer fun of it.”

"Every street, every passerby, was a potential picture."

“Editing is as important as the actual photographing.”

“I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.”

"Photography is like fishing. You go out, and sometimes you catch something."

“All photography is propaganda.”

“You don't need to retouch if you know how to light.”

“My camera is my weapon. I use it to fight for peace”

“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”

“I was attracted to the infinite possibilities of what I could make happen in a small rectangle”

“A photo can be more than just a picture. It can be a piece of history.”

“I shoot like a documentarian, but I print like a painter.”

“Good photography is unpretentious.”

“I am at war with the obvious.”

“The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect.”