There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.

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Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder,...

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder,...

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

Different members of different cultures will think that some things are beautiful.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

I know the families that I photograph extremely well, and I've known them for a...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

Before, I'd photograph anything. I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about...

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

I'm the last person who has any desire to instruct anybody in shame. That's no...

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

It's really, really hard to make it as a fine-art photographer exclusively.

What I'm good at is making art.

What I'm good at is making art.

What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a...

What pedophiles and people who have sexual desires on children lose sight of to a...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the...

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...