If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.

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Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going...

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I...

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red,...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't...

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in...

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books:...

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the...

No two people take on the information of being admirable and being admired in the...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was...

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

If somebody's pointing a trembling finger at your pants and saying you shouldn't be doing...

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative.

The transactions between me and the people that I photograph are very, very collaborative.

In fact, I don't believe I'm guilty of any crimes, but I've always been drawn...

In fact, I don't believe I'm guilty of any crimes, but I've always been drawn...

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the...

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the...

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media,...

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what...

All my life I've taken photographs of people who are completely at peace being what...

I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of...

I'm an artist that's attracted to a specific way of seeing and a way of...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

I've had to relearn how I work with people so that if and when I...

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in...

That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in...

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...

I will always admit immediately to what's obvious, which is that Homo sapiens is inherently...

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they...

A virulent, aggressive minority has decided that Americans don't know themselves what it is they...