As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.
Jean PigozziWhen you take a picture of someone, never show it to them right away. If they don't like it, they may erase it.
Jean PigozziThe moment when I press the shutter is fantastic, orgasmic, so charged with the hope that this will be a great, original, interesting, and perfectly composed photo. But like any other exciting thing in life, it is usually spoiled by some ridiculous, unpredictable, and annoying detail.
Jean PigozziI'm always interested in finding the new trend. If you love pizza every day, after 22 years of eating pizza, you want to try sushi.
Jean PigozziI feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by.
Jean Pigozzi