The surrealism of my pictures was nothing but the real made eerie by vision. I was trying to express reality, for there is nothing more surrealist.

Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.

My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.

For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.

A poor photographer meets chance one out of a hundred times and a good photographer meets chance all the time.

To keep from going stale you must forget your professional outlook and rediscover the virginal eye of the amateur.

The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence

The precise instant of creation is when you choose the subject. (meaning that the essential thing occurs at the moment when he, the photographer, meets the reality he wishes to capture.

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.

Poetry is the yearning of the soul to break free!

I don't regret either of my marriages - not for a minute.

The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.

That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.

Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It's a simple message parents need to keep hearing.

One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.

When I saw Paul Scofield do Loves Labors Lost at Stratford, thats when I saw the potential of the level of truth that could go on up there on a stage. I said, This is what I want to do.

I suppose the reason why I like acting is because I'm curious about human nature, and the less I know about a character on the page, instinctively, in a way, the better.

These kids only want to talk about acting method and motivation. in my day all we talked about was screwing and overtime.

I've had the opportunity to do a wide range of stuff, a lot of different characters and they've all had their own kind of thing.