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Rather than knowing more, I think I've got more open-minded.
I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.
A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.
A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.
I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.
I have always felt as though I needed a weapon against evil.
Good photos have come when I least controlled the situation.
It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
The camera is a fluid way of encountering that other reality
I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.
Photography is a foreign language everyone thinks he speaks.
By showing a picture, you're showing an x-ray of your heart.
The war photographer's most fervent wish is for unemployment
I was never raised with anybody telling me that gay was bad.
I have absolutely no interest in creating depressing images.
Death makes us sad, but it can also make us feel more alive.
The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.
I never, ever went out without my camera, even to buy bread.
I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.
A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.
The hardest thing in photography is to create a simple image.
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
I think we can not categorize. Things do not fit into a mold.
I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.
I often wonder whether I would have done as well in painting.
Portfolios are everything, promises are nothing. Do the work.
To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.
Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.
I'm always excited by the unlikely, never by ordinary things.
I want life thrilling and rich. And it is. I make sure it is.
Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.
Prostitutes go to heaven. It's their clients that go to hell.
You just do what you love, and then a style happens later on.
One thing I would never photograph is a dog lying in the mud.
The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?
No one moment is most important. Any moment can be something.
I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.
I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.
As an artist you need to move on, you need to try new things.
In my vocabulary there are two bad words: art and good taste.
A photographer is part pick-pocket and part tightrope dancer.
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.
I use an 8 x 10 view camera. All other cameras are just toys.
From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour.
I have always been more interested in persons than in people.
Change doesn't need to be overwhelming; it is not impossible.