It's marvelous, marvelous! Nothing will ever be as much fun. I'm going to photograph everything, everything!

I have never taken a picture for any other reason than that at that moment it made me happy to do so.

Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.

I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.

I have two pairs of eyes – one to paint and one to take photographs.

Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love.

I have never taken a photograph without one thought in my head to amuse myself.

The golden rule is work fast. As for framing, composition, focus-this is no time to start asking yourself questions: you just have to trust your intuition and the sharpness of your reflexes.

To talk about photos rather than making them seems idiotic to me. It's as though I went on and on about a woman I adored instead of making love to her.

Photography and writing are marvelous distractions from painting. I might even have found movies more interesting than photography. I tried it a bit, but not enough.

What’s so incredibly amusing with photography is that while seemingly an art of the surface, it catches things I haven’t even noticed. And it pains me not to have seen things in all their depth.

Time does nothing but hand you down shabbier and older things.

I live by grace.

I disliked promises on principle because my conscience made me keep them.

What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

Elmore James only knew one lick, but you had the feeling that he meant it.

Cost is more important than quality but quality is the best way to reduce cost.

I always feel like, when you go into an audition, your best chance at success is to be as comfortable as you can be. It's generally more helpful for me to just be confident and comfortable.

Laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body fight off disease, cancer cells as well as viral, bacterial and other infections. Being happy is the best cure of all diseases!

Mexican people are very warm and friendly. I was able to adjust and adapt the new environment. They are very kind and helpful.