Not every work of art is or need be a heavily profound statement.

There's only one rule in photography - never develop colour film in chicken noodle soup.

If you do not see what is around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?

A photographer who wants to see, a photographer who wants to make fine images, must recognize the value in the familiar.

No amount of technical knowledge and competence is, of itself, sufficient to make a craftperson into an artist. That requires caring - passionate caring about ultimate things.

The camera points both ways. In expressing the subject you also express yourself.

Creation and creativity are inextricably linked.

Thirty-six satisfactory exposures on a roll means a photographer is not trying anything new

Consciously and unconsciously, an artist engaged in serious work is always raising or dealing with the question, 'What really matters?'

The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will remain a lifelong challenge.

Every artist is, first of all, a craftperson thoroughly knowledgeable about the materials, tools, and techniques of his or her particular medium and skilled in using many of them.

You have to let your light shine.

Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance now.

And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most.

Probably no strychnine has sent as many husbands into their graves as mealtime scolding has, and nothing has driven more men into the arms of other women as the sound of a shrill whine at table.

Love gives us the strength to perform impossible tasks.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.

Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.