There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations.

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The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure...

The kids really enjoy what they do. I check with them constantly to make sure...

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid...

I found myself serving a sentence of public denial from the very second the raid...

Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.

Virtually always I get my best pictures when everybody thinks the shoot's done.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

But empirically I've come to understand that my photographs really don't do any harm.

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other...

There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other...

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...

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame...

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 am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in...

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...

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

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...

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...

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 just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children...

I just yesterday returned from a trip where I photographed a woman with two children...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting...

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that...

It's no small irony that the government inevitably and invariably ends up promoting precisely that...

There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.

There isn't a person alive who doesn't like being caressed.

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species...

But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species...