As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll be in decline myself. It's a fact of life.

All photography is propaganda.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

I am what I photograph.

Which one is the truth, sir?Which period do you mean, son?

Where you go, he'll go, " Stebbs said."I know it.""Tough caring about people, isn't it?"... "Wouldn't trade it, " she said.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

I said it before we arrived in Athens, that we wanted to prove to the world that our bronze medal in Sweden was not a fluke, and we have achieved this.

There is no life after death, so offer kindness to all, not in the next life but now

We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Even while the Earth sleeps we travel.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.