The Photograph Itself Doesn't Interest Me. I

Memory Is Very Important, The Memory Of Each Photo Taken, Flowing At The Same Speed As The Event.

All I Care About These Days Is Painting — Photography Has Never Been More Than A Way Into Painting, A Sort Of Instant Drawing.

What Do You Think I'm A Professor Of? The Little Finger? (on Offers Of Honorary Doctorates.)

The Intensive Use Of Photographs By Mass Media Lays Ever Fresh Responsibilities Upon The Photographer. We Have To Acknowledge The Existence Of A Chasm Between The Economic Needs Of Our Consumer Society And The Requirements Of Those Who Bear Witness To This Epoch. This Affects Us All, Particularly The Younger Generations Of Photographers. We Must Take Greater Care Than Ever Not To Allow Ourselves To Be Separated From The Real World And From Humanity.

The Simultaneous Recognition, In A Fraction Of A Second, Of The Significance Of An Event As Well As The Precise Organization Of Forms Which Gives That Event Its Proper Expression... In Photography, The Smallest Thing Can Be A Great Subject. The Little Human Detail Can Become A Leitmotif.