“I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in t...” — Sebastiao Salgado Quote

“I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.”

“I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.”

“When I was starting out, when I put aside my career as an economist. I looked at every book, went to every show, did my first stories, developed my first films. A fabulous time.”

“We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.”

“Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.”

“Paris is where I turned into a man, as a professional, where I discovered myself more. That's where I enjoyed myself the most.”