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You don't take a photograph, you make it.
You don't take a photograph, you make it.
Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, read more
Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.
An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason read more
An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and read more
When you find yourself beginning to feel a bond between yourself and the people you photograph, when you laugh and cry with their laughter and tears, you will know you are on the right track.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details read more
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the read more
Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.