My father did advertising photography.

Vision is an intelligent form of thought

In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.

I stand at a distance, like a person who comes from another world.

I read a picture not for what's really going on there, I read it more for what is going on in our world generally.

I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.

Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.

Any claims on the truth in my pictures are only to be answered in the sense that a particular event did in fact happen and did take place in the here and now.

A word is worth a thousand images.

My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.

We are alone on this planet. It's not a choice. Here we are. This is what everyone has to deal with.

If we need help, we must cry to the Most High God.

Do not use either harsh words or negative words. They only bring sadness and weaken the soul.

The measure of your greatness is not by the narrowness of your beliefs, but by the broadness of your vision.

Why choose when you can have everything?

Competition means decentralized planning by many separate persons.

If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

I've had an unusual life. A life far removed from most people's experience.

You might be a redneck if you're still scalping tickets after the concert is over.

I enjoy winning, but more importantly I enjoy the people I'm around.

If people want insights, if they want to swim in the currents of their own time and share the experiences of their time, then it makes sense to engage with the artists of one's own time.