It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different.

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.

If a man could make the earth heaven to get you, could also make it hell for you if he couldn't get you.

If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?

I think of customer service as an offense and not a defense

It's not what you play, it's how you play it.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

In marriage, you must have trust and love

Losing love is like a window in your heart.

I don't immerse myself in the media narrative every day. I establish my own media narrative, and that's what I live.

I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.

When songs fall from the sky, all I can do is catch them before they hit the ground.