There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.

There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

My chief joy is to photograph the great in heart, in mind, and in spirit, whether they be famous or humble.

Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.

It should be the aim of every photographer to make a single exposure that shows everything about the subject. I have been told that my portrait of Churchill is an example of this.

The art is the challenge which you must meet every day: the technique you should learn to control with time. The science and the art of photography are really one, and not opposed to each other.

We may never be able to pay directly for the gifts of true friendship - but pay we must, even though we make our payment to someone who owes us nothing, in some other place and at some other time.

My personal interest in ordinary people is unlimited, but I am fascinated by the challenge of portraying true greatness adequately with my camera.

Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believethey should be. They become very self-abusive, and they use other people to abuse themselves as well.

What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no.

We must never say, even in fun, that we are disheartened, because someone might take us at our word.

Sometimes it was hard to express how much you loved someone. You said the words, but you could never quite capture the depth of it. You could never quite hold someone tightly enough.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.

Art needs to be socialised, and you need a lot of context to understand that, and that doesn't mean having read a few art history books.

If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

Green and black go well together, dont they?

At some point, you realize that people might be laughing at your jokes because they're afraid not to laugh.