The immortal photographers will be straightforward photographers, those who do not rely on tricks or special techniques.

I drifted into photography like one drifts into prostitution. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and eventually I did it for the money.

When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.

A true portrait should, today and a hundred years from today, the Testimony of how this person looked and what kind of human being he was

A good portrait is incredibly hard to create, there is too much temptation to pander to the individual rather than portray them as they really were

The head of the photographer is more important than his camera

Dali likes me taking his picture because he is interested in pictures that do not simply reproduce reality. Even in photos he prefers to appear outside reality .That is surrealistic!

Herein lies the main objective of portraiture and also its main difficulty. The photographer probes for the innermost. The lens sees only the surface... .

I know of few actresses who have this incredible talent for communicating with a camera lens. She would try to seduce a camera as if it were a human being.

Marilyn was history's most phenomenal love goddess.

I make the woman look at the camera as a symbol of all the eyes that will see the picture I am making.

Do you want to acquire God's own wisdom? Relate with the Holy Spirit. Be a seeker of divine guidance by the Holy Spirit. You can't be a man or woman of solution without God.

If you live long enough the venerability factor creeps in you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

We see the beauty within and cannot say no.

I've been through some very difficult stages in my life, but I wouldn't change anything.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced

When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.

I think that the only way that you're going to succeed anywhere is to fail, as crazy as that sounds. It's the only way. You have to fail your way up.

If we had adhered to the concept of connectedness, then we would not have created nuclear weapons, huge armies and global warming.

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.