It is the illusion of knowledge, not ignorance, that keeps one from growing.

Photography is just light remembering itself.

My creative process begins when I get out with the camera and interact with the world. A camera is truly a license to explore. There are no uninteresting things. There are just uninterested people.

It's equally hard and labor intensive to create an image on the computer as it is in a darkroom. Believe me.

I have gradually confused photography with life.

I think of my photographs as being obviously symbolic, but not symbolically obvious.

Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.

When the entire process becomes a prescribed ritual that does not allow for spontaneous variations and reactions, the vitality of the medium and our relation to it suffers.

The goal of the artist is not to resolve life's mysteries, but to deepen them.

My visual quest is driven by a desire to create a universe capable of supporting feelings and ideas.

Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself.

When you are cursed with a bipolar mind racing thoughts are the ones that you find

I believe it is a tradition in baseball that when a pitcher has a no-hitter going, no one reminds him of it.

A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is true.

I have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness.

Sometimes I wonder if the lessons in life will ever stop but then why would you want to remain ignorant?

Those who are content suffer no disgrace.

I find the new Justin Bieber video more violent and more of an assault to my eyes and senses than what I've made.

It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.

It's not the physical location of birth that defines citizenship, but whether your parents are citizens, and the express or implied consent to jurisdiction of the sovereign.

I believe in second chances, but I don't believe in third or fourth chances.