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Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one...  
Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. O...  
During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, ...  
He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity thro...  
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little,...  
Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at t...  
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when ...  
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give...   Art
The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put...  
The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a mi...  
Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to...  
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a...   Art
To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to ...  
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a f...  
We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and w...