I am serious about not being serious.

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words.

Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong.

Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.

After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.

Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I want to do it. Whether I do it or not is another question.

All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.

Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.

Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just fine observation.

His eyes were the same colour as the sea in a postcard someone sends you when they love you, but not enough to stay.

She is clothed in strength and dignity, and she laughs without fear of the future.

Displaced societies are of value. Their issues are our issues.

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

His chains chinked softly. I seldom fling children from towers to improve their health. Yes, I meant for him to die.

There's no such thing as autobiography, there's only art and lies

How do you stand out? Just find your point-of-view.

I ain't got much education, but I got some sense.

The sky's the limit if you have a roof over your head.

Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.