I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
I recorded that because it happened to me. I wasn't making a point.
This AIDS stuff is pretty scary. I hope I don't get it.
I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.
Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.
I just want to be written about as a normal artist.
The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer.
The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude.
One must ease the public into it - that's an art in itself.
When I work, and in my art, I hold hands with God.
If I am at a party, I want to be at the party. Too many photographers use the camera to avoid participating in things. They become professional observers.
I don't believe in dogmas and theologies. I just believe in being a good person.
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree.
I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.
I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.
With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.
I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.
I'm looking for the unexpected. I'm looking for things I've never seen before.
I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.
I should try to get some sleep as one doesn't know what tomorrow may bring.
I just try to live my life and do my thing.
Whether it's an orgy or a cocktail party, I know how to do it.
The photographs that are art have to be separated from the rest - then preserved.
If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.
Beauty and the devil are the same thing.
When I have sex with someone I forget who I am. For a minute I even forget I'm human. It's the same thing when I'm behind a camera. I forget I exist.
I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay and no one thought anything about it.
My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can't be.
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.
I'm not a photojournalist.
I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
Happiness? No, it's not there for me.
You're never going to get anywhere in life if you don't live up to your obligations.
I wish I could be elegant.
I can't have just anybody assisting me, I need somebody who I can really communicate with.
I don't know why my pictures come out looking so good. I just don't get it.
To make pictures big is to make them more powerful.
My lifestyle is bizarre, but the only thing you need to know is where the darkroom is.
I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.
I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied.
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