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.

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

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

God can inject hope into a absolutely hopeless situation.

If we read, we shall renew our minds.

A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.

I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.

If you do microcredit with men, they tend to quickly drink it. They don't pay you back.

I'm an actor first and foremost; it's my first love and passion.

Means are ends in the making

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person.

The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.