The only self-consciousness in the film [Dream of Life] is anyone's natural shyness.

Because the filming process was so organic and there was no script, the film [Dream of Life] was literally telling us what it wanted to be in the editing room.

I just wanted to be Patti's [Smith] messenger and get her word out there.

Sometimes my fashion pictures can look a little bit like documentary style pictures. So having a camera in my hand was normal.

For me, moving from photography to film was very easy.

Fashion has also been a great outlet, and I'd like to do more fashion photography in the future. I also photograph a lot of artists.

Fashion's been really good to me. It financed Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

I didn't do well in high school, but I took photography, and I loved being able to capture moments.

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.

Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

A relationship that violates values is simply headed for crisis.

Some of the world's biggest challenges can be solved by some of the world's most marginalized communities themselves.

What monstrous absurdities and paradoxes have resisted whole batteries of serious arguments, and then crumbled swiftly into dust before the ringing death-knell of a laugh!

There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.

[On Antony's death] Strange, there has never been... such a silence.

My advice to graduates is to stay positive. Life is short, and you'll be dead soon.

Passion drives perfection.

We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

Lyrically I'm supposed to represent, I'm not only the client, I'm the player president