I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in mind and all will be happy to serve their leaders'.

I’d been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That’s what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn’t say much, I listened.

A rose's prick is better than a daisy's kiss.

I've spent the past two years looking for my ex-girlfriend’s killer… but no one will do it.

We seldom think of what we have but always of what we lack. Therefore, rather than grateful, we are bitter.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

Lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth.

Is this a fit time, said my father to himself, to talk of Pensions and Grenadiers?

I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.

I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.