My work is never intellectual. I never make a negative unless emotionally moved by my subject.

Anything more than 500 yards from the car just isn't photogenic.

If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography.

Now, to consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravity before going for a walk.

Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.

This then: to photograph a rock, have it look like a rock, but be more than a rock.

Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.

I would say to any artist: Don't be repressed in your work, dare to experiment, consider any urge, if in a new direction all the better.

The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?

Why limit yourself to what your eyes see when you have an opportunity to extend your vision?

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

Being afraid is the worst sin there is.

Enjoy the moment, this is all we have at this moment. This moment is our life.

One of the things I learned about writing a memoir is you can’t drag the reader through everything. Every human life is worth 20 memoirs.

Success causes others to be jealous and hate.

There's probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.

The dirtiest mind in the world is the mind of a censor.

The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.

...a good poem contains both meaning and music

You know, what's nice about Montreal? Not only is it a beautiful city, but you have Cuban cigars...

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.