Speed, the fundamental condition of the activities of our day is the power of photography, indeed the modern art of today, the art of the split second.

Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest.

I am a passionate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images it comes closest to truth.

Photography through the camera is an instrument of detection. We photograph not only what we know, but also what we don't know.

I have often been asked what I wanted to prove by my photographs. The answer is, I don’t want to prove anything. They prove to me, and I am the one who gets the lesson.

Never take a picture of anything you are not passionately interested in.

It is the surface I am interested in. Because the surface is the inside.

Photography starts with the projection of the photographer, his understanding of life and himself into the picture.

New images surround us everywhere. They are invisible only because of sterile routine convention and fear.

Don't shoot til the subject hits you in the pit of your stomach.

They say my prints are bad, darling they should see my negatives

It is better to hide under the shadow of the righteousness of Almighty God than seek refuge in shelter of sins.

I was tired of being me.

Imagination is the first step of creation

Let go of the spirit of the departed, and continue the celebration of your own life.

Nothing replaces real-life experience. Of course, I say this as someone who went to law school.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes, visible on TV, and covert operations, secret even in success.

Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

He wished he could've explained some of this. How he had been braver than he ever thought possible, but how he had not been so brave as he wanted to be. The distinction was important.