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"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."
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"When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward."
"Never boss people around. It's more important to click with people than to click the shutter."
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"A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words."
"I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts."
"In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative."
"At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way."
"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."
"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind."
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"I have been frequently accused of deliberately twisting subject matter to my point of view. Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love."
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"There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough - there has to be vision, and the two together can make a good photograph."
"My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished."
"Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected."
"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."
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