Shoot from the gut, edit with the brain

You have to focus on what you are doing, not just as a photographer, but as a human being.

For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.

I can’t describe reality; at the most, I can try to capture things that seem to be valid, the way I see them.

To me, it’s encounters that matter, pictures are much less important.

I don't care so much about form. Perhaps I did in the beginning, a long time ago. But now I just want to be as straight and simple and as true as possible.

It (taking photographs) is all about longingwithout longing-no pictures at all.

...all the horrors of war are soon forgotten in the pomp and circumstance of show and parade.

I don’t want you to be a people-pleaser

Acquiring of wisdom is a function of inquisitiveness for information and keenness for learning. Plenty of resource and the gravity of flow will ensure a momentum good enough for learning.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

I was born optimistic...I was laughing from the beginning of my life.

Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.

Ball-tampering. There, I've said it. Things that shouldn't be said: the judge in the Saddam trial appears to be wearing comedy specs and moustache.

For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the world. I think we're in this together.

Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a boon to happiness.

There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type just has to urinate on the electric fence himself.