I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently.

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Just because I was out at the bars all the time didn't mean I wasn't looking for someone to love.

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I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

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People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography.

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I see things like they've never been seen before. Art is an accurate statement of the time in which it is made.

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Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil.

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With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.

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I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence.

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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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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.

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