Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny.

All art is contemporary, if it's alive, and if it's not alive, what's the point of it?

You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

Because I'm interested in depiction, representation, therefore you're interested in photography. You don't ignore it.

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.