All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.

I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

Color is joy. One does not think joy. One is carried by it.

A picture is the expression of an impression

We all would love sometimes to be free from our own knowledge. It is even the most difficult to unlearn - as the most important problems are.

Decide for yourself what kind of works you want to create... facts, essays, poems - do you want to speak or to sing?

There are almost too many possibilities. Photography is in direct proportion with our time: multiple, faster, instant. Because it is so easy, it will be more difficult.

in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Any sermon that is not birthed in prayer is not a message from God no matter how learned the preacher.

I haven't changed much, over the years. I use less adjectives, now, and have a kinder heart, perhaps.

I lack self-confidence. I don't know whether I shall ever get it. Perhaps it is better to be unsure of your self, as I am. But it is very tiring.

I love the people and I actually think they like me a lot.

I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.

There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle with the power of active citizenship.

If we're really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what's causing us to do what we do.

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.