“I have no way of portraying the lives of others. I portray my own.” – Jan Saudek

“The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson

“Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.” Edward Steichen

“The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist.” ― David Hockney

In my view, a photographer is someone who photographs. Not someone who thinks about photographing, or who wants to photograph, but someone who does it, preferably day in and day out. – Frank Van Riper

“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.” ― Edward Weston

“The challenge of photography is to show the thing photographed so that our feelings are awakened and hidden aspects are revealed to us.” – Emmet Gowin

“Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.” ― Margaret Bourke-White

“A portrait is a picture with something wrong with the mouth” ― John Singer Sargent

“A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know.” ― Diane Arbus