I made a decision that to me, photography had to be something that I could feel. I could feel in my stomach. I could not take pictures that were not connected to my own inner life.

I wanted to meet the people, to get involved in the city, to make Tokyo mine.

When I photograph, I try to use my instincts as much as possible. It is when pictures are unconsidered and irrational that they come to life; that they evolve from showing to being.

The most difficult thing for me is to take pictures from far away.

I think we might’ve met in a past life. You know, one of those you pass and think, wow you’re kind of beautiful. Just one of those.

Time' is actually the best gift, given to us by our Creator.

Hope is imagination of reality.Hope is keeping your dreams alive.

We don't need a degree to learn the art of giving. We just need a heart.

Everyone has troubles. Finding yourself in the same boat with everyone else is the first sign of spirituality.

American can do better, and help is on the way.

The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.

Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin.

Don't see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.