I think we're in a post-pornographic time and nothing seems shocking, but everything remains carnal no matter what you do.

I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.

The cruelty, war and violence, this is evil, wrong and dark and that's what we should hide from the children, not a human body!

You can't change people's minds, we are not God. We can do our best to do what we do, whatever job we have to bring sort of goodness out there. But we can't change people. As an artist what I can do is to communicate!

I believe Michael [Jackson] in a sense is an American martyr. Martyrs are persecuted and Michael was persecuted. Michael was innocent and martyrs are innocent. If you go on YouTube and watch interviews with Michael, you don't see a crack in the facade. There's this purity and this innocence that continued [throughout his life].

Pictures are an escape. They should be bigger than life. In the same way, celebrities provide an escape from the mundane. They are photographed so we can worship them - so they are worthy of our worship.

There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.