The eye is made to see and not to think.... A good photograph is a surprise. How could we plan and foresee a surprise? We just have to be ready.

Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.

Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.

For me photography is not an intellectual process. It is a visual one.... Whether we like it or not, we are involved in a sensual business.

Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.

Choice or freedom of choice is just an existential concern. But for photographers, it's a lifetime's preoccupation.

I'm often asked: Did you get what you wanted? But how should I know what I wanted? A photo is an encounter, a surprise.

Doubt always hovers nearby, but I take photographs the way a musician hums. Looking is like breathing. So when luck turns my way and offers me a good picture, joy is surely nigh.

My first reaction at the very idea of this interview was to refuse to talk about photography. Why dissect and comment a process that is essentially a spontaneous reaction to a surprise?

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

Since we are not in the League of Nations in any case, we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms.

Black Velvet in that little boys smile, Black Velvet with that slow southern style. A new religion that'll bring you to your knees.

I believe if somebody chooses plastic surgery it should be for themselves, not for anyone else.

People like Shakira shouldnt have record contracts. She cant even speak English.

Thought attracts that upon which it is directed.

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

When I woke up this morning, I found I'd turned into my mother.

As soon as she hit the door we start blastin', I saw her brains hit the floor, raw laughin'.