A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was

I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.

When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera

Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he prefers to appear outside reality .That is surrealistic!

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .

I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a camera as if it were a human being.

Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.

I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.

It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing.

Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

I guess anytime you are mentioned with Hank Aaron, it is the ultimate compliment, not only as a hitter, but obviously, the great ballplayer that he was.

God has not given us the spirit of fear. That comes from the adversary.

My first instrument was an accordion. Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage.

I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes.

My health is important, so I learn everything I can about nutrition.

We're animals. We're violent. We're criminal. And if I've done anything, I've had kids express themselves as they are.

When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.

If I don't like someone, I'll let that person know. I'm not very diplomatic. I understand that.