I like capturing stuff that is disappearing - that’s the point of photography. What I am photographing is an imaginary place that never existed, but is connected to something that has already been.

Only photograph what you love.

I don’t believe in originality. You take inspiration from whatever moves you and you find your voice in those things.

I've never been in love with fashion, actually; trends and catwalks don't interest me. I love clothes; I love them historically and currently. They represent a spirit of the times and the zeitgeist.

The point of fashion is that you take the picture you want. And fashion is the only photography that allows fantasy, and I'm a fantasist.

It is very difficult to make the ideas in my head come to life, but what is harder is making them look effortless.

I'm very particular who I work with. I'm not interested in portraying women with a cliched, generic look. I'm interested in a model who I can take a portrait of.

I know the world that I am painting is not a reality. It is a whim, an entertainment to provoke something in people, whether as escapism or relief. I think that is very valid.

You have to raise the bar. Give yourself a challenge. Ask yourself, 'How can one make the impossible materialise?'

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

Achieving a goal requires endurance and sacrifices beyond limitations.

The task I'm trying to achieve, above all, is to make you see.

Feelings are self-justifying, with a set of perceptions and "proofs" all their own.

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

I enjoy, and always have enjoyed, disturbing scientists.

I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady.

Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]

All beautiful things must end. Otherwise they are not beautiful.