My theory is, the more pictures you take, the better you get. It's like a sport. I never wait to get a particular shot because wonderful accidents can happen when you shoot a lot.

I know now that before I take a picture I have to be sure about how I feel about the subjects. What I don't know is if I should explain to them what I'm doing while I'm photographing them.

I feel as if most people are pretty much the same within a certain class, due to the schools they attend and the way they are raised.

I look at art all the time. I go to the museums and galleries every week. That really is like food for me.

I usually know when I take the picture. There's always some kind of un-self-conscious thing going on, so that it doesn't look like they're there for the sake of having their portrait taken.

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only 1. Which one seems unnatural now?

Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.

Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing.

One forgets that one is one. I must try to remember this.

When I became tired of oil painting at one stage, I used collage and this proved to be influential in the design and composition of my later works.

When an Occupy demo in the centre of Frankfurt makes world news, I shall hurry to join in.

It's me who is my enemy Me who beats me up Me who makes the monsters Me who strips my confidence.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.

I think young artists are always inspiring because they are coming at worlds from a different point of view.