Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.
The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.
I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.
When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.
This fascination with the human face has never left me. . . Every face I see seems to hide and sometimes, fleetingly, to reveal the mystery of another human being. . . Capturing this revelation became the goal and passion of my life.
A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was
No photographer should be blamed when, instead of capturing reality, he tries to show things he has seen only in his imagination. Photography is the youngest art form. All attempts to enlarge its frontiers are important and should be encouraged.
Where I have problems is when I am in the midst of doing something that I am completely focused on, and then I am asked to buy shoes or something.
The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.
But I shall follow the endless, winding way, — the flowing river in the cave of man; careless whither I be led, reckless where I land.
I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies!