I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

I was always involved in art and when I went under contract at Warner Bros. at 18, it afforded me the possibility of never having to stop painting, never having to stop taking photographs and so on, and to actually live a cultural life.

I think of [my photographs] as found paintings because I don't crop them, I don't manipulate them or anything. So they're like found objects to me.

Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.