[My work] is designed to speak for itself. as mementos of the fearful struggle through which the country has just passed, it is confidently hoped that it will possess an enduring interest.

Verbal representations of such places or scenes may, or may not, have the merit of accuracy; but photographic presentments of them will be accepted by posterity with an undoubting faith.

She asked if I loved another woman, so I answered honestly and said, “Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert.

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

Knowledge may be power, but cake has great bargaining properties

When you're young, you say what you feel.When you're adult, you speak what you think.When you grow old, you listen to what nature says.

People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner.

You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.

My grandfather was a lawyer, my dad was a lawyer, my mum was a lawyer, I got an uncle who's a lawyer, I got cousins that are lawyers.

Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.

Only wisdom and virtue can truly win men's devotion.

I'm coming from journalism, but at the same time I'm tempted by poetry, politics, and maybe the idea of being a witness, a belief that you can still change things with the image.