"I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell."

"It is not the subject that is important, but the feeling it evokes."

"Certainly a chair can be just as interesting as a human being. But first the chair must be perceived by a human being… You should not paint the chair, but only what someone has felt about it."

"I create images from the depths of my soul."

"Is it because she took my first kiss that she took the perfume of life from me?"