The aesthetic discussion of photography is dominated by the concept of time. Photographs appear as devices stopping time and preserving fragments of the past, like flies in amber.

Photography is motionless and frozen, it has the cryogenic power to preserve objects through time without decay.

Change forced by others is difficult to accept. And too rapid a change causes instability.

The would-be sorcerer alone has faith in the efficacy of pure knowledge

Fenugreek, Tuesday's spice, when the air is green like mosses after rain.

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.

The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.

I have the death sentence in seven genres.

Hard. Fast. Deep. When I'm done you'll know you're mine.

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn't laugh or be sad with him.

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like you're going to be that character.