I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.

Which is my best picture? The one I will do tomorrow.

So many people dislike themselves so thoroughly that they never see any reproduction of themselves that suits. None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

None of us is born with the right face. It’s a tough job being a portrait photographer.

I just believe in working. I'm not one of those romantic explainers of my own individual point of view.

No force but love can impel one to step willingly into the shadows so that the other may shine.

Without guilt or remorse, shame was an empty emotion. Indeed, shame would not be shame.

If we know what can happen in a minute will could have avoid all tragedies.

Passion produced out of prayer and praise pushes you to extremes.

I wonder if there's just a sense that we have nothing to learn from any Supreme Court justice, including the great Chief Justice John Marshall.

Why is it so easy to save the banks - but so hard to save the biosphere?

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

For wealth's now given to none but to the rich.

I'm staying in shape, working out.

Saints have to be tough as well as tender because saints are like Christ, and Christ was the toughest and the tenderest man who ever lived.