Sometimes we have to do a thing in order to find out the reason for it. Sometimes our actions are questions, not answers.
Man tried to imitate God by drawing; then we invented the photo.
I wanted to be the photographer of happiness.
It's all the same. It's the same face. We always look for an idea, for the same face, for the same position. There is no such thing as a European or an African photography. It's all the same thing.
People said if [I] was at a party, it gave it prestige. I would let people know I'd arrived by letting off my flash. . . You could feel the temperature rise right away.
Before I knew the camera, I knew about images. It's all about trying to make light with a pencil or with a crayon. It really helped me in the beginning, because I understood how light and shadow were working on an image.
Something peculiar has happened. As I write, none of the Republican candidates for Senate has become a public embarrassment. On the contrary: For the first time in a decade, it is the Democratic candidates, not the Republican ones, who are fodder for late-night comics. That the Democrats are committing gaffes and causing scandals at a higher rate than Republicans not only may be decisive in the battle for the Senate. It could signal a change in our politics at large.
Value is not intrinsic, it is not in things. It is within us; it is the way in which man reacts to the conditions of his environment. Neither is value in words and doctrines, it is reflected in human conduct. It is not what a man or groups of men say about value that counts, but how they act.
Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.
Before you go,mate,turn on the telly. Something raunchy too. Think I'll rub off one before I go to sleep