“I like photographing the people I love, the people I admire, the famous, and especially the infamous.”

“People. You must love people. Men are admirable. I want
to vomit—and suddenly, there it is: the Nausea”

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”

“When I was 16 I used to admire people with luxuries, now I admire people with inner peace.”

“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”

“My wife and child and I were on a camping trip and we stopped in Virginia City. In the Opera House, I saw a photograph of Maude Adams, the famous American actress. It was such a great photograph that creatively I fell in love with her. What if some guy did the same thing and could go back in time?”

“People do not see that the main question is not : "Am I loved?" which is to a large extent the question : "Am I approved of? Am I protected? Am I admired?" The main question is: "Can I love?”

“I didn’t photograph people as an example of New York urban something or other. I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of what I see that could be photographed. They are fragments of endless possibilities.”

“All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.”

“I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.”