I feel concerned by what happens in the world.... I don't want to merely document; I want to know why a certain thing disturbs or attracts me and how a situation can affect the person involved.

I was very ill at ease with people in social situations, and I realized that if I photographed I wouldn't have to chat.

What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected.

Photography came as a substitute. I was painfully shy and found talking to people difficult; a camera in hand gave me a function, a reason to be somewhere, a witness, but not an actor.

A photograph is not necessarily a lie, but it isn't the truth either. It's more like a fleeting, subjective impression.

I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste, ' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.

Don't think of 60 as ten years older than 50. Think of it as only 1 year older than 59 Go ahead, as it's your birthday Delusion, today, is just fine

You can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.

I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.

The divine gift is ever the instant life, which receives and uses and creates, and can well bury the old in the omnipotency with which Nature decomposes all her harvest for recomposition.

As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.

Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy.

(On entering Carmel) I came to save souls and especially to pray for priests.