“I have never been interested in photographs based solely on aesthetics, divorced from reality. I also doubt very much whether this is possible.”

"Photography is like fishing. You go out, and sometimes you catch something."

“Good photography is unpretentious.”

“I am at war with the obvious.”

“I prefer people to look at my pictures and invent their own stories.”

“My photography is a reflection, which comes to life in action and leads to meditation.”

“A photo can be more than just a picture. It can be a piece of history.”

“I wanted to see what I could do, just for the sheer fun of it.”

"I'm happiest when I'm away from my studio, away from my house, and out with my camera.”

“I shoot like a documentarian, but I print like a painter.”

"I'm a humanist; I see the little things that we all share together."

"To be close to life, you have to be close to yourself."

"I believe in the basic notion that the world is infinitely interesting."

"The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other."

"The pictures are there, and you just take them."

"The camera is just a tool; the real magic happens when the photographer can find the humanity in their subjects."

“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”

“The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect.”

"I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."

“My camera is my weapon. I use it to fight for peace”

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony.”

"One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind."

"Every street, every passerby, was a potential picture."

"A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know."

"The more time you spend with people, the more they trust you, and the more they show who they really are."

“Editing is as important as the actual photographing.”

“All photography is propaganda.”

“If you want to make a small fortune as a photographer, start with a big fortune“

“You don't need to retouch if you know how to light.”