I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.

Which is my best picture? The one I will do tomorrow.

So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.

Do what gives you joy and you will enjoy what you do.

Thorn gazed back and forth between the two of us. "You could have left me behind, but you stayed. I won't forget that.

A great success story is the only proof that you have given your dream your very best.

It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.

Judge each day not by it's harvest but by the seeds you plant.

Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.

You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.