I hate collectors, the ones who take something just for themselves.

If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.

I don't photograph life as it is, but life as I would like it to be.

Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.

The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.

A photographer who made a picture from a splendid moment, an accidental pose of someone or a beautiful scenery, is the finder of a treasure.

For a photographer, the first 70 years are a bit difficult, but after that things get better.

There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself....You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it

To suggest is to create; to describe is to destroy.

If you take photos, don't speak, don't write, don't analyze yourself, and don't answer any questions.

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there-even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.

Head up, heart open. To better days!

Risks may make you win, or they will make you learn. Either of the benefits is worth daring for.

What use was time to those who'd soon achieve Digital Immortality?

I meant what I said. I like you. A lot. I want to get to know you…all of you. Every stupid little detail about your life. You don’t have to run anymore. You can give this a chance

It just seemed like telling the truth would mean admitting some weakness

Joy is love exalted

I’m a Brooklyn guy onstage, and I try to really feed my fans with the kind of material they expect from me.

I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

You rarely think about just throwing to third base to get one out. That's probably the industry's fault with all of that.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.