"If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."
Emile Zola
In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men.
Title of an open letter to the President of the Republic, in connexion with the Dreyfus case, published in L'Aurore, I3 Jan. 1898: J'accuse. I accuse.
Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.
