I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist."

I don't know how many serious Christians exist here in America, but the Japanese, the younger generation is leaving the Buddhist religion mentality behind.

The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.

Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind.

I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking if I was enlightened already or not. So I said, "Yes, I am enlightened," and then I studied quickly to catch up.

When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the characters sha, meaning to reflect or copy, and shin, meaning truth, hence the photographer seems to entertain grand delusions of portraying truth.

I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist."