I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I-ve lost.

Art is to console those who are broken by life.

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Creativity takes courage.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.