Every photograph is a fake from start to finish.

Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.

A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

Once you really commence to see things, then you really commence to feel things.

The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each to himself. And that is the most complicated thing on earth.

Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face.

I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.

When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration.

Every ten years a man should give himself a good kick in the pants.

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.

Your first step towards perfection is acknowledging your imperfections.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you do hold well.

Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.

In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.

Wall Street has enormous power over the Republican Party, enormous power over the Democratic Party.

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence.

We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one's got to stop muddling.

I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport.

You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies.