I make an idol of my moral consciousness. My pursuit of the good is corrupted by the sin of idolatry.

Quotation is a method of appropriation which is invincible, I think. It's not a procedure which displeases me, contrary to recycling.

She felt herself needing more and more sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she thought of when she might lie down again - and when she would sleep. She started going to the movies.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

I like to feel dumb. That’s how I know there’s more in the world than me.

... one of art photography's most vigorous enterprises--[is] concentrating on victims, on the unfortunate--but without the compassionate purpose that such a project is expected to serve.

[On marriage:] It is an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings.