Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.

You're late.""Sorry. I was busy talking about my feelings and killing people.

Too much of anything is tiresome. Even the best things.

In a negotiation, we must find a solution that pleases everyone, because no one accepts that they must lose and that the other must win... Both must win!

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It's you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.

There is a just Latin axiom, that he who seeks a reason for everything subverts reason.

I say, Billy, what’s the use in playing croquet when you’re doomed? He says, Frankie, what’s the use of not playing croquet when you’re doomed?

Freedom to publish means freedom for all and not for some. Freedom to publish is guaranteed by the constitution but freedom to continue to prevent others from publishing is not.

But here's what I've learned in this war, in this country, in this city: to love the miracle of having been born.

Differentiation is in name and form only.