I like to make people a little uncomfortable. It encourages them to examine who they are and why they think the way they do.

Photographs open doors into the past, but they also alloq a look into the future

The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best.

It's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary...it never occurred to me to leave home to make art.

Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.

I think truth is a layered phenomenon. There are many truths that accumulate and build up. I am trying to peel back and explore these rich layers of truth. All truths are difficult to reach.

Unless you photograph what you love, you're not going to make good art.

Photographs supplant and corrupt the past, all the while creating their own memories.

What is truth in photography? It can be told in a hundred different ways. Every thirtieth of a second when the shutter snaps, its capturing a different piece of information.

It is easier for me to take ten good pictures in an airplane bathroom than in the gardens at Versailles.

I’m so worried that I’m going to perfect [my] technique someday. I have to say its unfortunate how many of my pictures do depend upon some technical error.

The Great stories give us the hope and the courage to survive life.

We have within ourselves as a species, the ability to find the beauty in everything. And once we master it, we will be some of the gentlest creatures that ever evolved.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

If you're involved in with something that's original, you know, you'll always go back and try to rehash it.

Sacrifice is the very essence of religion; ... Without sacrifice there is no true worship of God.

If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.

As far as I'm concerned I've never had a problem with anybody, no rivalry.

Do not let your peace depend on what people say of you... True peace and joy is to be found in [Jesus] alone.

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.

I like to play the piano with lyrics as if it was a piece of love letter.