I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

The artist performs only one part of the creative process. The onlooker completes it, and it is the onlooker who has the last word.

Anything is art if an artist says it is.

It's not what you see that is art. Art is the gap.

Artmaking is making the invisible, visible.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Destruction is also creation.

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products.

You cannot define electricity. The same can be said of art. It is a kind of inner current in a human being, or something which needs no definition.

Living is more a question of what one spends than what one makes.

You have to believe in your dreams, to reach out for your dreams.

It is my hope that photography may fall in line with all the other arts and with her infinite possibilities, do things strange and more fascinating than the most fantastic dreams.

Because there are no fours.

I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.

You can lead an uncommonly fine life. But it takes determination. You have to march to the beat of different drummer. You have to decide.

One thought that occurs to me is that men will continue to withdraw from nature in order to create an environment that will suit them better.

I watch with breaking heart as you slowly fade away

If you are not at peace with yourself then you cannot spread peace.

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.

Faith that doesn't affect your life isn't really faith.