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

"I am a visual man. I watch, watch, watch. I understand things through my eyes."

"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 …"