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.

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.

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.

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

Your future will definitely head to the same direction with your thoughts

Our world ends and some people never understand how much we really loved them.

You have to live your story before being able to write your story.

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen.

Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers

Reality trumps rationality.

My parents are going to kill me!" "That seems rather harsh.

You could start a small fire... with [photo] books I hate, and use that light to look at mine.

But then one day the Lord put us together through our agent and it's been a wonderful match.