I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.

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.

Sadly, embryonic stem cell research is completely legal in this country and has been going on at universities and research facilities for years.

Every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth.

Hard work, courage and commitment - these are the key elements for success.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

If you copy then it is not self-expression.

I tend to dress a little more sophisticated than most women do.

Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.

Free of who I was, free of presence, free of dangerous fear, hope, free of mountainous wanting.

The thing people don't realize, God bless them, is that my books are supposed to suck.

All my life I've been terrible at remembering people's names. I once introduced a friend of mine as Martini. Her name was actually Olive.