“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.”
英语
“黑与白是摄影的色彩。对我而言，它们象征着人类永远面对的希望与绝望的两极。”
U.S. Camera Annual, 1958 ↗ (1958)
《美国相机年刊》，1958年“You know, it's always the instantaneous reaction to oneself that produces a photograph.”
英语
“你知道，产生一张照片的永远是对自身的即时反应。”
《美国人》，杰克·凯鲁亚克导言，1959年
“When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice.”
英语
“当人们看我的照片时，我希望他们的感受就像想把一行诗读两遍时的感觉。”
引自《罗伯特·弗兰克：出发》
“I am grateful to life. It doesn't have to be perfect. It doesn't have to be anything. But I am grateful to it.”
英语
“我感激生活。它不需要完美。它不需要是任何东西。但我感激它。”
“There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.”
英语
“照片必须包含一样东西，那就是那个瞬间的人性。”
罗伯特·弗兰克，引自摄影文献