I Picked Up A Camera Because It

I Picked Up A Camera Because It Was My Choice Of Weapons Against What I Hated Most About The Universe: Racism, Intolerance, Poverty. I Could Have Just As Easily Picked Up A Knife Or A Gun, Like Many Of My Childhood Friends Did... Most Of Whom Were Murdered Or Put In Prison... But I Chose Not To Go That Way. I Felt That I Could Somehow Subdue These Evils By Doing Something Beautiful That People Recognize Me By, And Thus Make A Whole Different Life For Myself, Which Has Proved To Be So.

I Had Known Poverty Firsthand, But There I Learned How To Fight Its Evil - Along With The Evil Of Racism - With A Camera.

Enthusiasm Is The Electricity Of Life

I Think Maybe The Rural Influence In My Life Helped Me In A Sense, Of Knowing How To Get Close To People And Talk To Them And Get My Work Done.

Enthusiasm Is The Electricity Of Life. How Do You Get It? You Act Enthusiastic Until You Make It A Habit. Enthusiasm Is Natural; It Is Being Alive, Taking The Initiative, Seeing The Importance Of What You Do, Giving It Dignity And Making What You Do Important To Yourself And To Others.