I wish I could be elegant.

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

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

When I’m behind a camera I forget I exist.

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

I want to see something I've never seen before.

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

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

To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.

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

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

When I create art, it's like holding hands with God.

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

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

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

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

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

Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.

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

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

I stand naked when I draw. God holds my hand and we sing together.

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

My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.

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

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

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

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

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.

I never liked photography. Not for the sake of photography. I like the object. I like the photographs when you hold them in your hand.

I come from suburban America. It was a very safe environment and it was a good place to come from in that it was a good place to leave.

I don't think that there's that much difference between a photograph of a fist up someone's ass and a photograph of carnations in a bowl.

People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists.

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