Success is voltage under control-keeping one hand on the transformer of your Kosmic Kilowatts.
The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.
Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable.
My ambition was always to show aspects of daily life as if we were seeing them for the first time.
My images were surreal simply in the sense that my vision brought out the fantastic dimension of reality. My only aim was to express reality, for there is nothing more surreal than reality itself. If reality fails to fill us with wonder, it is because we have fallen into the habit of seeing it as ordinary.
To me photography must suggest, not insist or explain.
For me the criterion of a good photograph is that it is unforgettable.
I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake.
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear.
Waterworld was the best time of my life. It was physically demanding, but it was fun. I mean, you're in Hawaii for nine months shooting on the water every day.