It’s not enough to have talent. You also have to be Hungarian.

The pictures are there, and you just take them.

You don't have to pose your camera. The pictures are there, and you just take them. The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda. (On the Spanish Civil War, 1937)

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

Q: Do you really distance yourself from your subject? I mean, what would you do if you were presented with a young girl burning to death? A: About 1/60 at f5.6.

The war is like an actress who is getting old. It's less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous. (1944)

What's the point of getting killed if you've got the wrong exposure?

The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda.

I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life.

In a war, you must hate somebody or love somebody; you must have a position or you cannot stand what goes on

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual.

A true leader always feels that it's truly wise to be considered a fool by those who are not actually nice, and actually not nice to be considered a wise by those who are truly fools.

we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.

I have confidence in people's basic common sense.

Grasp it all, don't be afraid, enjoy the bits you can and tell your family you love them while you have the chance.

All voodoo, nonsense, hokum, a hoax.

This pain, this dying, this is just normal. This is how life is. In fact, I realize, there never was an earthquake. Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy for dreaming of something else.

An inherent kindness exists in the process of aging ... we are allowed to move along gradually.

Love creates new form, changes matter, and holds the cosmos together beyond time and space. It's in every one of us. It's what God is.