I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if it's just curiosity. I think the main ingredient, or a main ingredient for photography is curiosity. If you're curious enough and if you get up in the morning and go out and take pictures, you're likely to be more lucky than if you just stay at home.

After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.

All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice.

I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.

I dislike landscapes. I only like people, and plastic flowers.

Dogs don't mind being photographed in compromising situations.

As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.