I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.

I can get obsessed by anything if i look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.

Working on photography is working on oneself.

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

Photographing a cake can be art.

I always thought we were selling dreams, not clothes

What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

Sometime in 1964 I realized that I was a victim of a printmaking obsession, a condition that persists today.

The printed page seems to have come to something of a dead end for all of us.

At the beginning was The Word. Today I see That in great quotes.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Leaders don't make others to follow them. Instead they help others to follow their dreams. Leadership is not for takers

Be attached to nothing. Be grateful for everything.

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.

Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.

I may sing the same songs for over 40 years now but I always sing them in different ways in order to keep the excitement and passion alive.

I wanted to make a concrete impression; the idea of a woman that is free, moody, never the object, one that has a complete control of her finances and knows how it is to be independent.

Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces.

Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.