I'd grown up poor; I had no idea what it was like to be comfortable.

What I've always liked about photography is that it's such a direct way of showing what's on my mind. I see something. I show it to you.

Progress is always an exchange. We gain something, we give something else up. I'm interested in looking at some of what we are losing.

I'm in all of my work, and there's nowhere to hide when you make work.

I never heard the term "art world" until I was in my thirties, and I was like, "What are you guys talking about?" It's the world, and we all live in the world!

You need to have your eyes open because it's really scary what's happening.

I choose to work behind the camera. And I kind of want to make the work and then run away. The presentation of myself really feels complicated for me.

The world feels overwhelming to me on every level. Just the number of organisms that live on this planet. Our politics, our violence, psychology, emotions; there's just a lot going on, right?

I like getting stuff out of the way so you can see something clearly, see it sharply, have it be new again.

When people look at a photograph, they believe it... My photographs crawl along that edge. I document the world, but from my own biased point of view.

I think making things that appear simple is incredibly hard.

One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance.

Through uninhibited relationship with God you are empowered to function

My heart is ripped open, shredded, leaking blood. I can't let him leave like this. We've been through to much to turn into strangers.

Believe it or not, my best meal is to go to the store and buy a DiGiorno pizza, come home, add some fresh Parmesan cheese, and just hang with my family!

Health and fitness are totally a choice for a better quality of life.

Prostitutes go to heaven. It's their clients that go to hell.

I bit down three nails rooting for the Heat.

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.

The Shades never recorded anything, Little Daddy and the Bachelors recorded a couple of records, ya.