The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.

I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another. There is something demoralizing about going back to a place to retake pictures. You can no longer see your subjects in a fresh eye; you keep comparing them with the pictures you hold in your memory. [The] world was full of discoveries waiting to be made...(as a photographer) I could share the things I saw and learned...you would react to something all others might walk by.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-only that I want that picture.