I never think of photographs as being individual. Always as a group.

All photography is propaganda.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

You have to take a lot of bad pictures. Dont' be afraid to take bad pictures... You have to take a lot of bad pictures in order to know when you've got a good one.

You can read a lot about a country by looking at its beaches: across cultures, the beach is that rare public space in which all absurdities and quirky national behaviors can be found.

The easy bit is picking up a camera and pointing and shooting. But then you have to decide what it is you’re trying to say and express.

You can't learn passion, either you've got it or you haven't.

We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.

I am what I photograph.

You know what happens when windmills collapse into the sea? A splash.

Gods are what people worship. Men are what die.

After all what's the lesson from all that?...Sometimes the title hasn't anything to do with the story...

I’m here now, I’m inevitably going to die at some point, and as an artist I feel an ardent urge to constantly be creating.

Ive learned never to try and force words to come.

Your being born makes your parents God. You owe them your life, and they can control you. Then puberty makes you Satan, just because you want something better.

Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education.

When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.

This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great