Real photography is a wonderfully inclusive, democratic medium, whereas art photography is more often a private pursuit by conmen.

[Photojournalism] really is the only branch of photography that's a credit to our profession. We see, we understand; we see more, we understand more.

... we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most valuable attribute.

I attempt to channel my anger into the tip of my forefinger as I press the shutter.

What we get to think and know about the world is in the hands of a very few... A truly informed public is antithetical to the interests of modern consumer capital.

Content alone is propaganda; form alone is wallpaper.

Art is the giving by each man of his evidence to the world. Those who wish to give, love to give, discover the pleasure of giving. Those who give are tremendously strong.

Spending a few moments right when you wake up to inspire and motivate yourself can make all the difference in the rest of your day.

For a nanosecond, I meet her gaze.Despite the dark, I can see her eye color—it’s the prettiest, strangest shade of blue I’ve ever seen in my life—piercing, dark, and shiny. And then she is gone.

Habituation is a falling asleep or fatiguing of the sense of time which explains why young years pass slowly while later life flings itself faster and faster upon its course.

Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!

How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something

Invisible harmony is better than visible.

When you look at life retrospectively you rarely regret anything that you did, but you might regret things that you didn't do.

Swing easy and hit hard.

Rather than incorporating study into life, I've done the opposite. I've turned life into study. Where events take me? That's what I dive in to learn.