The world was waiting to be full of discovery made(as a photographer) I could share the things I saw and learned.you would react to something all others might walk by.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

I would love to slap you right now, but I’m currently wielding a nine pound ball and I’m afraid that would be called murder.

You are the first of your kind. Books will be written about you. Be the legend you are meant to be. - Astral

As I grew older - collapsing into my seventies, glimpsing ahead the cliffs of the eighties, colliding into eighty-five - poetry abandoned me.

I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.

It is worth nothing to be young without being beautiful, nor to be beautiful without being young.

You kissed me like that when I was a blushing bride ...? I wonder what I was blushing about?

Make your relationships more important than your accomplishments .

a life is measured by moments like these

I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.

Fearless people are interesting to watch.