Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.

You can't control the paparazzi. But if you go to Coachella you're going to get photographed. Whereas if you're at home walking down the street you probably won't. It's something I've learnt to navigate my way around but I try to keep my private life private.

A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was 'Hey since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed here $10 for a pizza.' I was like 'Aww she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!'

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals we were in a new era.

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels in the deepest sense about what is being photographed.

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

A good photographer can make you look incredible even when you're not feeling very sexy.

There are no rules for good photographs there are only good photographs.

A good photograph is knowing where to stand.

If the chemistry is right between star and photographer and the geometry of the pictures pleases the star often the two people end up with a long-term professional friendship during which they continue to work together and to produce highly personal images.

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph with time it fades.

I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when as a nation we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.

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

When I was young I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.

I like photographing the people I love the people I admire the famous and especially the infamous. My last infamous subject was the extreme right wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.

These days with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows young people become famous overnight and that can be very difficult to handle the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.

No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display which is the way it will stay.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and often is all that remains of it.

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience nor film.

I believe in equality for everyone except reporters and photographers.

These days most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.

There is no question that photography has played a major role in the environmental movement.

Our dreams are made of real things like a shoebox full of photographs.