“When you make work, the concept is the basis for it; all choices of aesthetics or mediums come later.” ChoicesConceptsBasesMediumsAesthetics Author:Doug Aitken
“I really like the idea of banality and repetition being used to generate the image, which are simple and unobstructed and not captivated by composition.” IdeasUsedSimpleCompositionRepetitionBanalityCaptivated Author:Doug Aitken
“White is the color of decomposition. White is also no color. White is nothing. In photography, the paper is white, next comes the light, which is also white, then the shadow is created, the apparition.” LightNextWhiteColorPaperPhotographyShadowApparitionsDecompositionColor White Book:Dieter Appelt Source: Dieter Appelt
“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.” FearWonderChangedOvercomingOvercoming FearClutterChanged My Life Author:Richard Bach
“I would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection.” SexPermanentLensesSex Drive Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“Don't you think that it is necessary to have a sense of brutality in photography?” ThinkingPhotographyBrutality Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“Women? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I forget my film, the rope is always in my bag. Since I can't tie their hearts up, I tie their bodies up instead.” WellsHeartI CanBodyFilmForgetTiesBagsRope Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death.” MayReasonMomentsPainJoyGoes OnTerriblePhotographyCrueltyFleetingObsceneMoments Of LifeBefore Death Author:Nobuyoshi Araki
“You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or by watching someone do it.” ArtBornPhotographyPhotographerClassroom Author:Nobuyoshi Araki