I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit.

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.

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.

I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.

All you need do, Bernie, ”she gulped her toast soaked in coffee, “is present the truth as fiction.

Ladies sheltering behind men, men sheltering behind servants - the whole system's wrong, and she must challenge it.

Just want to be a footnote in someone else's happiness.

Elation and pain are experiences that make you realize youre alive. Thank God you feel them; otherwise youd be numb.

Cast PURPOSE as the lead in your movie and you will help God, your Director, produce a masterwork.

Academics get paid for being clever, not for being right.

When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.

Youre a rich man, why arent you smart?

Don't move your money from Bear. That's just being silly. Don't be silly.

When you judge others, the issue is almost always with you.