I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn’t. And that’s a tough place to be because you’re never satisfied.

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up.

Each mind conceives god in its own way. There may be as many variation of the god figure as there are people in the world

Art lovers ought to be crazy.That's how they see the fun side of everything.

If you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else?

She has seen him fight his own brutal nature, and the Earth itself, in order to be the parent she needs. He has helped her learn to love herself for what she is.

I was convinced that luck was a matter of knowing what one wanted and then being willing to work to make the wish come true.

We cannot consent to be judged by someone who has suffered less than ourselves. And since each of us regards himself as an unrecognized Job.

I don't know that you're ever going to persuade New Zealanders that they're not going to own their own homes and I'm not going to try.

Jesus loves you... He's not 'in love' with you.

Popularity is totally overrated.

It looks like they [the Republicans] don't want to win if it means winning with [Donald] Trump. They must really hate Trump out there.