There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.

I am not interested in shooting new things - I am interested to see things new.

A picture is the expression of an impression. If the beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?

Leica, schmeica. The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But you have to see.

Color is joy. One does not think joy. One is carried by it.

A picture is the expression of an impression

We all would love sometimes to be free from our own knowledge. It is even the most difficult to unlearn - as the most important problems are.

Decide for yourself what kind of works you want to create... facts, essays, poems - do you want to speak or to sing?

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.

There are almost too many possibilities. Photography is in direct proportion with our time: multiple, faster, instant. Because it is so easy, it will be more difficult.

in the smallest cells are reflections of the largest. And in photography, through an interplay of scales, a whole universe within a universe can be revealed.

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

It's been so long that I think I was unsettled by the idea of feeling like I belonged anywhere. But you made me feel like I belong.

So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, mostly 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.

What furniture can give such finish to a room as a tender woman's face? And is there any harmony of tints that has such stirring of delight as the sweet modulation of her voice?

I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.

It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

If what we are doing is not seen by some people as science fiction, it's probably not transformative enough

I don't think a celebrity endorsement gets you a vote, but it opens the door for you to hear the appeal of the candidate.