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I just try to live my life and do my thing.

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.

My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, an...Show more »

Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil. Show less «

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photog...Show more »

People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. Show less «

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid partic...Show more »

If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers. Show less «

My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of ...Show more »

I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. Show less «

I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.

I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.

I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.

I just want to be written about as a normal artist.

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the...Show more »

With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing. Show less «

I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where t...Show more »

I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it. Show less «

I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.

The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.

I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.

You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.

I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.

When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.

I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which ...Show more »

I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made. Show less «

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.

I wish I could be elegant.

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tou...Show more »

I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied. Show less «

When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same ...Show more »

When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist. Show less «

Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

I'm not a photojournalist.

This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.

Happiness? No, it's not there for me.

I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.