Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.

There are photographs that I don’t take now, that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed consent question was answerable.

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what they were in the situations I photographed them in.

The truth is that from birth on we are, to one extent or another, a fairly sensual species.

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no errand for me.

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid on my apartment happened.

Be kind as if life is for love and kindness.

Kell managed an echo of her smile, and [Lila] gasped. "What's that on your face?"The smile vanished. "What?""Never mind, " she said, laughing. "It's gone.

Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.

Perhaps fortunately, no one has ever found out what it would be like to have all his wishes fulfilled.

Any historical narrative is a bundle of silences.

I look really young. I always get carded at bars. No one believes that I'm over 18, let alone over 21.

I always think the best way to dress is when the person notices you first and the dress after.

When your love contracts in anger, the atmosphere itself feels threatening. But when you’re expansive, no matter what the weather, you’re in an open, windy field with friends.