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Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

War makes its own morals.

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.

A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time ... Everything was touched with magic.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Utter truth is essential ... and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs ...

I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

Work to me is a sacred thing.

Life is beating against the school windows. You must quickly open the doors and go out to learn that no door must be locked against you.

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.