"This is about objects, not motifs. The photo is only a substitute for an object; it is unsuitable as a picture in its customary sense."

-- Bernd Becher

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“I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore.”
“The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one...”
“Why would anything change that has not been changed since the existence of cinema? [James] Baldwin somehow wakes you up to reality. It takes you out of the dream - or out of the nightmare.”
“I look at the script first and who's directing it and then talk to the director to find out what his vision of the movie is and if it matches my vision and then we go after it.”
“Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings.”
“Giancarlo Giammetti has a lot of nervous energy. He's a director, really. He was trying to direct the Valentino movie over my shoulder. I don't blame him - that's been his job for 50 years. But I had final cut in the movie by contract and I wouldn't have made the movie if I had not been completely independent.”
“One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God”
“I was a high school student like Picasso. I was a little eccentric, but I had high ideals. I wanted to get along well with girl, but when I met them face-to-face, I acted cold toward them. I was always in the art room drawing, I wanted to attract someone's interest. I thought that if I got good at drawing I might be able to establish a connection with the world.”

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