It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have.

The greatest photographs are motivated by human feeling.

I love New York, but am happy to be away from it. I really like small towns, with welcoming barbecue restaurants.

I see myself as a recorder of history, sort of a visual historian.

War isn't a TV show with plot twists to keep the viewers interested. The proliferation of images and blanket media coverage have suffocated the life out of old-style photojournalism.

The satisfaction comes from working next to 500 photographers and coming away with something different.

The fact that I have a little ten-megapixel camera with me all the time, is way better than having the greatest camera in the world sitting at home on a desk instead of on my shoulder.

Shooting film is not for everybody, but if you're crazy enough it might be for you.

When you've lived through the golden age of photojournalism, there's no point in being nostalgic.

I hate being away, but I understand that for me, that's where the work, the stories are.

I think a power to do something is of value. Whether the result is a good thing or a bad thing depends on how it is used, but the power is a value.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he'll tell you the truth

The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

There are certain moments where artwork might seem like it's part of someone's career - if you really know the art world - , but I did my best to prevent that overlap.

I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been.

I think that most minorities have experienced some form of racial abuse.

Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.

Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person.

When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes in nature.