I'm not condemning the Catholic Church - it's too big, it's like condemning a nation and that would be prejudiced.

I shoot fantasy. If you want reality, ride the bus

My pictures are about getting as far away from reality as possible. Dreams should be part of our everyday life.

If you want reality take the bus.

People say photographs don't lie, mine do.

I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.

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

I wanted it to provide an escape route, I wanted to make pictures that were fantastic and took you into another world, one that was brighter. I started off with this idea.

I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'

I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.

I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.

In order to exist just once in the world, it is necessary never again to exist.

Children should not be taught to get a job or pursue a profession. Children should be taught to discover their passion and with it define their mission.

The only freedom that deserves a name is that of pursuing our on good, in our own way, so long as we do not deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it ...

Do not Forget PAIN, You Endure in it's presence!!

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

Run, we think, as buildings crumble. Run, as people perish.

Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.

The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of poverty.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

You can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different.