I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.

However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real.

If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem.

I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit.

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time.

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.

The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.

When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice.

Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind.

Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness.

[Takashi] Murakami, do you think he is spiritual? He is more like de-spiritualized. De-spiritualized might be the most contemporary aspect of the human mind.

Wisdom is finding the path that is best for all - considering the options, the positives and the negatives - and having the courage to change what must be changed for the sake of the entire world.

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard.

I was never really that great at sewing, but I had a good idea of what I wanted things to look like.

I don't plan on being disappointed. We plan on being really good, and obviously we plan on winning.

Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.

Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are.

We're most likely to lose our rights when we allow ourselves to be persuaded to deprive others of theirs.

There is not that many players that really can take over games, signed Candace Parker, I really felt like at that time that a National Championship was certainly in reach.

What we are living with is the result of human choices and it can be changed by making better, wiser choices.