Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs.

Best seller material, and she didn’t have to write a single word.

It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has become familiar, that of protoplasm.

I went through a period when I was rebellious and a mess of a person.

If the guy's a cutie, you've gotta tap that booty.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.

I love to listen to Howard Stern with the guy who drives me.

I have known Johnnie Cochran for many years as an attorney and personal friend, but he has already expressed publicly that he is not on this case.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.