I Have Never Known Anyone Important Enough

I Feel It Is The Heart, Not The Eye, That Should Determine The Content Of The Photograph. What The Eye Sees Is Its Own. What The Heart Can Perceive Is A Very Different Matter.

You Know, The Camera Is Not Meant Just To Show Misery. You Can Show Things That You Like About The Universe, Things That You Hate About The Universe. It's Capable Of Doing Both.

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.

So I Went To Chicago In 1940, I Think, '41, And The Photographs That I Made There, Aside From Fashion, Were Things That I Was Trying To Express In A Social Conscious Way.

At First I Wasn't Sure That I Had The Talent, But I Did Know I Had A Fear Of Failure, And That Fear Compelled Me To Fight Off Anything That Might Abet It.