Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.

The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed.

I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter.

Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit.

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every part of my mind. And with long searching and hard work, I became devoted to my restlessness.

You have a 45mm automatic pistol on your lap, and I have a 35mm camera on my lap, and my weapon is just as powerful as yours. (To Black Panther militant Eldridge Cleaver)

I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty.

If you don't have anything to say, your photographs aren't going to say much.

The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.

Though the heart may be cracked wide, pain can still seep in.

I've learned of life this bitter truth Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find repose, But rather, Build within thy own soul Fortresses!

The president really shouldn't be involved in terms of dictating what course the investigation should take.

Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true .

I have no scene, I go everywhere, I adapt.

I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism.

No rules according to the Universe. You provide the feelings of having it now; it will respond.

Strike when thou wilt, the hour of rest, but let my last days be my best.

In my mind, partial failure is always better than delusory success.