It's The Hardest Thing In The World

I Love The Idea I Can Go Off With A Single Camera And A Few Rolls Of Film Unencumbered... I Was Not Interested In The Illusion Of Reality, I Wanted To Get Close To What Was Happening.

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.

What You Need To Be A Good Photographer Is An Overwhelming Curiosity And A Good Digestion.

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.

If The Photographer Is Interested In The People In Front Of His Lens, And If He Is Compassionate, It's Already A Lot. The Instrument Is Not The Camera But The Photographer.