I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture.

People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.

Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen.

Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits].

Grace means that God steps into the lives of particular individuals with the purpose and effect of saving them. He needs no permission to do this, nor is He under any obligation to do so.

Want to give a very strong energy to someone with a simple act? Then, smile!

By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of constant mistakes and constant distress.

There is no creation without tradition; the 'new' is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.

It was like him, too, to love her and admit to it before he knew if she loved him. Maybe only mortals expected to barter their hearts.

War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.

Aspire to be the man you pretend to be when you're trying to get laid.

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

Zen is the unsymbolization of the world.