Learn from the best; the second raters have nothing to offer.

Life as it unfolds in front of the camera is full of so much complexity, wonder and surprise that I find it unnecessary to create new realities. There is more pleasure, for me, in things as-they-are.

These are the two basic controls at the photographer's command--positi on and timing--all others are extensions, peripheral ones, compared to them

For me photography is an excuse to be nosy about things I want to know about.

The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment in time, and to transmit the results to others.

There are many forms of photography. I consider myself simply a recorder of that which I find of interest around me. I personally have no desire to create or stage direct ideas.

The most important piece of equipment after the camera is a good pair of shoes.

I'm a photographer, obviously. My chosen tool for understanding life, and communicating the results of this search to others, is the camera.

You are not a photographer because you are interested in photography.

I think of myself as a reportage photographer. I like the word. It implies a personal account of an observed event with connotations of subjectivity but honesty. It is eye-witness photography.

My advice is: learn from the best or teach yourself. And do not bother at all if you do not have an exaggerated sense of curiosity.

The wars not over, but this battle is. It’s time to pick up the pieces and move forward.

When you're making the record, you're not thinking about an audience, but you still need them and you want them.

I think what will happen with Donald Trump is there are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them.

What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.

Man Made 'God' in his own image. The eternal, the infinate, the unnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had to believe in and worship as 'my god' or 'our god'.

I served. And now it's time for the new man to serve. I have zero desire to be in the limelight.

When I write I consider it a rhyme. In the studio I consider it laying down vocals. Onstage, I'm entertaining; I don't even think about it.

Sometimes the lines in a song are lines you wish you could text-message somebody in real life.

I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes.

I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.