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"In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated."
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"When the reality looks magnificent, a real art of photography has only one choice: To capture this beauty magnificently!"

"Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow."

"Most of the stories I have covered in 45 years have been gray stories."

"I always say that I don't want to be sentimental, that the photographs shouldn't be sentimental, and yet, I am conscious of my sentimentality."

"Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."

"She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes."

"Today my passion is still black and white. Today if I have an array of cameras in front of me the one I would reach for that I would feel most comfortable with would be a 4 X 5 View camera. I was once working in a sort of soft light situation."

"The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing."
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