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My pictures are my eyes. I photograph what I see - and what I want to see.
My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.
The world is infinitely more interesting than any of my opinions about it.
There is no truth in photography. There is no truth about anyone's person.
I never think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as making a point.
Being a photographer is making people look at what I want them to look at.
Maybe I should see things as they really are and not as I want them to be.
I cannot solve the problem of life by losing myself in the problem of art.
The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.
I wasn't part of any movement. I was working alone, following my instinct.
I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.
I've built 'The Conversation' from the ground up with no business training.
I tend to side with people who are considered the underdog. I have empathy.
Not being able to touch is sometimes as interesting as being able to touch.
We make images to "honor what is greater and more interesting than we are."
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading.
I have no interest in being famous. I just want to make famous photographs.
I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.
I am racking my brains to find out why he left without saying goodby to me.
Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.
Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.
You have to let the past successes go, or you'll never be able to see anew.
It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.
An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.
I never forget those who do me a favor, and I never forget those who don't!
I've always been so surprised by how people interpret my photos in context.
Beauty, you're under arrest. I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it.
Photography is the power of observation, not the application of technology.
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.
A photograph has picked up a fact of life, and that fact will live forever.
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.
There is still time - in the lee, in the quiet, in the extraordinary light.
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.
If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything.
You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it.
You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.
The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.
Sometimes all it takes to stop traffic is for that right pair of red pumps.
If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience.
We don't take pictures with cameras, we take them with our hearts and minds.
There are no inherent limitations to the medium. There are just differences.
The world is a colony of the US. The twentieth century was the US's century.
I never know what kind of people I'll meet just by stopping to take a photo.