It Doesn't Matter If You Use A

I Realise That I Had The Best Of Serious Picture Journalism. There Was An Innocence In Our Approach, Especially In The 1950s And 1960s When We Naively Believed That By Holding A Mirror Up To The World We Could Help - No Matter How Little - To Make People Aware Of The Human Condition.

I Found A Way Of Working Which Pleased Me Because I Didn’t Have To Frighten People With Heavy Equipment. It Was That Little Black Box And Me.

I Don't See Anybody As Either Ordinary Or Extraordinary. I See Them Simply As People In Front Of My Lens.

It Doesn't Matter If You Use A Box Camera Or You Use A Leica; The Important Thing Is What Motivates You When You Are Photographing.

I Never Knew Anyone Who Came Close To Marilyn In Natural Ability To Use Both Photographer And Still Camera. She Was Special In This, And For Me There Has Been No One Like Her Before Or After. She Has Remained The Measuring Rod By Which I Have - Unconsciously - Judged Other Subjects.