There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept.

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.

I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in...

Once the amateur’s naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every professional should remain always in his heart an amateur.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.

I dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed. And that simply by blinking my eyes, I shall make pictures. Then, I think, I shall really have...

I don’t like to work with assistants. I’m already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.

When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.

We are only beginning to learn what to say in a photograph. The world we live in is a succession of fleeting moments, any one of which might say something significant.

Keep it simple.

Never boss people around. It’s more important to click with people than to click the shutter.