I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.

Vision is an intelligent form of thought

In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.

I stand at a distance, like a person who comes from another world.

I read a picture not for what's really going on there, I read it more for what is going on in our world generally.

I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.

Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.

Any claims on the truth in my pictures are only to be answered in the sense that a particular event did in fact happen and did take place in the here and now.

A word is worth a thousand images.

My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.

We are alone on this planet. It's not a choice. Here we are. This is what everyone has to deal with.

If I keep loving you, maybe you'll crack and love me too.

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If you cultivate a relationship in a genuine, thoughtful way, people will be more inclined to want to help you even though they don't have to help you.

The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in them an attachment to life in the hour of difficulty.

To tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes.

Death is nothing at all; it does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room.

The undoubted sign of a society well under control or in decline is that language has ceased to be a means of communication and has become instead a shield for those who master it.

God comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.

No doubt the Jews aren't a lovable people; I don't care about them myself; but that is not sufficient to explain the Pogrom.

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.