A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe.

Women? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I forget my film, the rope is always in my bag. Since I can't tie their hearts up, I tie their bodies up instead.

Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or by watching someone do it.

In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death.

Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you keep creating these points, they form a line which reflects your life.

My photos are my diary. Every photo is no more than the representation of a single day. And each day contains the past and the projection into the future. That's why I feel compelled to indicate the date on every picture I take.