Photographer

The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.

I'm not interested in celebrities, with their free dresses. I'm interested in clothes.

I don't pay attention to celebrities. I don't photograph them. They don't dress so... interestingly. They have stylists. I prefer real women who have their own taste.

I could never concentrate on Sunday church services because I'd be concentrating on women's hats.

I let the streets talk to me. The streets speak to you - how you find out what's new, what people are wearing, what people aren't wearing.

Money's the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive.

I'm not interested in celebrity.

I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive.

I'm really not good with money, and I don't pay attention.

I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.

Legacy? I'm a worker in the factory; all we care about is today! A legacy... what a bunch of baloney.

I go to different places all the time. And I try to be as discreet as I can. My whole thing is to be invisible. You get more natural pictures that way, too.

I go out every day. When I get depressed at the office, I go out, and as soon as I'm on the street and see people, I feel better. But I never go out with a preconceived idea. I let the street speak to me.

My family all thought I was a little nuts.

The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.

I came to New York in 1948 at 19, after one term at Harvard. Well, Harvard wasn't for me at all.

There's nothing free. Stay independent and don't fall.

If someone is wearing something terrific, that's what I want to photograph.

The main thing I love about street photography is that you find the answers you don't see at the fashion shows. You find information for readers so they can visualize themselves.

Fashion is a mirror, reflecting the culture.