Oh, you ask me, what is the greatest torture of a person who does portraits for a living? I could fill several volumes with nice nasty stories. I don't know.

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.

What you think repeatedly will happen almost certainly.

A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

If you want to look after your shadow, you just have to look after yourself, that will do!

The only one is a hero - who builds bridges between cultures

Family comes first so I only have this specific window of time available to me and because of that I actually get more done.

Memory has always been social. Now we're using search engines and computers to augment our memories, too.

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.

The proof of evolution lies in those adaptations that arise from improbable foundations.