You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it.

The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.

If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.

What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality.

Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think that is absolutely essential.

If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything.

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman, has been my mission.

A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they have something very precious to cultivate.

If youre not interested in life, then photography has no meaning

There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.

Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

I'm not big on reading business books. I get copies of all of them, because people want me to put a comment on the jacket. Every once in a while, I'll get interested and read one all the way through.

MTV was completely unaware of it. It was not my intention that it go as far as it did. I apologize to anyone offended - including the audience, MTV, CBS and the NFL.

It just inspires me to release an album and know that I can work on a core fanbase. The grind: Just make good music and it translates.

HIV/AIDS has become much more than a health issue. HIV/AIDS is a development issue, it's a security issue.

Belly buttons are cool!

It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.

Being recognised on the street in New York is pretty surreal.

Heaven never helps the man who will not help himself