"The picture-story involves a joint operation of the brain, the eye and the heart. The objective of this joint operati…"

"For me, the great myth is the Greek myth of Antaeus, who had to touch Earth to regain his strength. I know I must alw…"

"I believe creative work needs communication. So it’s extremely encouraging to be with a group of people who form a co…"

"Nobody at Magnum decides for the other what he should do and everyone is free to tell someone else: “Well, what about…"

"You have to have some psychological insight, you have to know the people and you must work in a way that’s acceptable…"

"A contact sheet is so interesting, because you see how a photographer thinks. He comes closer and closer to a subject…"

"I think cynicism is the worst thing because it kills everything. There’s no more honesty, no more poetry, no more fre…"

"There are photographers who invent, others who discover. Personally, I am interested in discoveries, not for the tria…"

"Anybody can take photographs. I have seen in the Herald Tribune some taken by a monkey that managed, with a Polaroid …"

"If I am asked about the photographer’s role in our times, the power of the image and so on, I do not want to launch i…"