To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.

I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.

I am an expressionist and by that I mean that I'm not a photographer or a writer or a painter or a tap dancer, but rather someone who expresses himself according to his needs.

Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.

Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Art is really whispering, not shouting.

In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.

The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.

All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.

Nothing ever happens in the world that does not happen first inside human hearts.

I don't know whether I much enjoyed education. I was not academically gifted.

Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams.

You can never take your reputation back. There really is nothing as powerful as a good reputation.

I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.

I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.

I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybodys like, Shut up.