Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.
Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective.
We are alone on this planet. It's not a choice. Here we are. This is what everyone has to deal with.
I love the winter. Well, I love all the seasons, but the winter is possibly one of the most intense.
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships.
I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.
Photography is a universal language, transcending the boundaries of race, politics, and nationality.
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.
I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.
It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.
No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it's fine. No water - there is no plan b with no water.
To compose a subject well means no more than to see and present it in the strongest manner possible.
If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.
I enjoy very much seeing a good photographer working. There’s an elegance, just like in a bullfight.
There will always be some curve balls in your life. Teach your children to thrive in that adversity.
My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas.
[A photograph] is a part of the evidence. I'm not saying it's the truth - it's part of the evidence.
I wanted my photographs to be as powerful as the last thing a person sees or remembers before death.
We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward.
I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.
Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain, so I spare you the inside view of my heart.
Work is your life, it’s not a rehearsal. You work 7 days a week so you may as well enjoy those days.
You can easily take photographs at a wedding - no one would question it. But funerals are different.
My life and work are not separate. I just have more roles than other people. And I have photographs.
I love all women. Women are sublime beings. I love all of it: their eyes, their noses, their bodies.
I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.
If you are truly successful in capturing the pulse of life, then you can speak of a good photograph.
I witnessed the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first orbiter to be launched into space.
I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.
My way of photographing is my way of life. I photograph from my experience, my way of seeing things.
I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.
You want to make the photograph work in every way possible. Doesn't matter where it is in the world.
Leger was not only the first artist I ever met but also the first pop artist, and he blew our minds.