Sometime in 1964 I realized that I was a victim of a printmaking obsession, a condition that persists today.

I can get obsessed by anything if i look at it long enough. That's the curse of being a photographer.

A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.

Working on photography is working on oneself.

I myself have always stood in the awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.

Using simple equipment and daylight alone is for me a pleasure and a replenishment.

Photographing a cake can be art.

I always thought we were selling dreams, not clothes

What I really try to do is photograph people at rest, in a state of serenity.

I feed on art more than I ever do on photographs. I can admire photography, but I wouldn't go to it out of hunger.

The printed page seems to have come to something of a dead end for all of us.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as there is a choice it can only be a bad one.

We all have our things that we would rather live without. It's how we live with them when we have no choice that makes us or breaks us.

No child’s face is dirty even if it is muddy, because an innocent face has so much light that anything comes onto it becomes almost invisible!

Only prisoners were ever granted easy passage into a prison.

Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them.

The people gave their money and they gave their screams, but the Beatles gave their nervous systems, which is a much more difficult thing to give.

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.

I worship F. Scott Fitzgerald and I love his writing.

Whatever your weakness, there’s a hellion to exploit it.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.