We become very impressed when we get to look inside ourselves, into pictures. That's the relationship we have with pictures. Every picture is a piece of the inside of ourselves.

I want a better world, but also a realistic world. We can only create a better world by becoming realistic.

A photograph permits a first viewing, and then an individual reflection. It solicits participation, and encourages individuality in interpretation. Television is an autarchy, a dictatorship.

Pictures put you in front of a reality that most of the times you don't want to see, don't want to know about, don't want to get involved.

I'm a photographer and my pictures are used in advertising campaigns. But I don't do advertising. Do you hear me? I take pictures. I'm not an advertising agency. I'm not an advertising man.

You ask me about my ex-wife? That is not polite. But I will answer. I got another wife now. Much younger, much nicer, much prettier. And so much more intelligent than Benetton.'

Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

In every relationship one must sacrifice to show thy love. Are you willing to make sacrifices for someone you love?

...as if in rebellion, certain emotions become amplified at the exact moments when you are expected not to feel them at all.

Nothing in your world is going to change unless you change. Because even if something changes you won't recognize it. You will still perceive it with an unchanged and out-dated vision.

I would just as likely be doing soccer practice as filming commercials.

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set.

If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.

I'm an abstract painter not just for myself, but because I really believe in abstraction.

When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you.

We have no physical model of this endless rhythm of individuation and involvement, we do have its image in the world of art, most purely in dance.