It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I do it.

[My] goal as an artist is to create increasingly complex images with greater and greater clarity of form and intensity of vision.

It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and the imaginative.

Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.

I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names of the people you have to thank."