Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.

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.

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.

I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.

No. That's Clary; shes's my best friend." Simon pocketed his phone. "And she has a boyfriend. Like, really, really, really has a boyfriend. The nuclear bomb of boyfriends. Trust me on this one.

Let the parent ask "Why?" and the child produce the answer, if he can. After he has turned the matter over in his mind, there is no harm in telling him - and he will remember it - the reason why.

God is forever using especially young people, not oldies like us, God likes using young people.

opening the book, i inhaled. the smell of old books, so sharp, so dry you can taste it.

I've lived in New York for a really long time.

Like most animals, we're wired to associate height with power.

I'm growing older, but not up.

When you see how you react when you suffer that's when you know what you are made of.

It felt like a small forever.

Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.