The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.

All photography is propaganda.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

I am what I photograph.

Small scenes can be so beautiful that they change a man forever.

Too many leaders fancy themselves on being philosophers, but not enough pride themselves on decisive action.

I go through challenges, obstacles, and struggles just like everyone else out there, but I handle them with the right mental attitude, and this is why I am always happy and positive with my life.

We get a better book when everyone's allowed to do their best work on it. I don't want to prevent anybody from bringing their ideas to a project.

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.

I laugh, I love, I hope, I try I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too, So we're really not that different, me and you.

Nah... I mean, I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.

I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.