Art and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and artistic identification. It's the same origin.

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.

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....one friend who always makes her laugh... and one wholets her cry...

A business reboot is an evolutionary process.

Your unconscious wants to express the pain you feel about your own lost innocence. But your ego wants to keep it repressed. To the compromise is anxiety.

...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it much more often.

The average American expends more time becoming informed about choosing a car than choosing a candidate. But, then, the consequences of the former choice are immediate and discernible.

To see a thing clearly in the mind makes it begin to take form.

We have a show tonight. I've never missed a show. Not even the time I had that virus they kept saying only raccoons get.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement

A good litmus test is that you should be comfortable with your significant other being present when you hang out with your friend.

Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done.