I had a creative hot streak in the 1940s and since then I’ve been pot boiling.

I wanted to make pictures that felt natural, that felt like seeing, that didn’t feel like taking something in the world and making a piece of art out of it.

If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism.

I think most serious photographers understand that there's this large gap between the world and how the world looks through a photograph.

The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.

A photograph has edges the world does not.

I'm always interested in finding new aesthetic problems to deal with and challenge myself, even if the aesthetic problem is one of content.

A lot of the photography I'm doing and thinking about is directed at Instagram.

As not a native, I have the advantage of not seeing scenes habitually. I can see things fresh.

I know that people think of my work from the '70s as American, but I've been going to other places for a long time.

Even in ordinary reproduction [photography] verges on facsimile.

At your absolute best, you still won't be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, you'll still be worth it to the right person.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

From a leadership perspective, the liking has to be qualified and be able to garner respect.

...I would want to spend it with you. Even if we had thousands of nights, I would want to spend every single one of them with you.

I'm so sorry about all you're going through, but I'm not sorry that it brought you to me.

Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me.

On shooting days, I have all my accessories, and I style the final look.

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

I want to do something where I play Judi Dench's younger sister or daughter.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.