“The wall, safe haven for what is forbidden, gives a voice to all those who would, without it, be condemned to silence”

For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.

You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled.

If there is any method in the way I take pictures, I believe it lies in this: See the subject first. Do not try to force it to be a picture of this, that or the other thing. Stand apart from it. Then something will happen. The subject will reveal itself.

If you take your inspiration from nature, you don’t invent anything, because what you want to do is to interpret something.

My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality.

When you’re older and wiser a lot of the ego has gone out of the window.

I’ve never known a lot of rich people. It’s not my bag.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

And with this sort of increased visibility, there’s more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who gets into the business as a creator, who sticks with it, and who gets pushed out.