In the end, I believe that the most important influence on my aesthetic has been the photographs I have taken.

My best Pictures are the ones I don’t understand.

In the end, I believe that the most important influence on my aesthetic has been the photographs I have taken.

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."

Nothing is staged. And nothing is already there. Everything is transformed through the camera.

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

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.