Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
To me, as a visual artist, I don't want to get into the theory of Buddhism. There are many Buddhism theories and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Art and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I want to put it back together now, this artistic expression that contains religious feeling. I want to investigate: What was the… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist." — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Photography is like a found object. A photographer never makes an actual subject; they just steal the image from the world...Photography is a system… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
“We'll drive backwards in what will become your new car to the beach where we first slept side by side. The green waves will… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm in a very interesting position, where I'm standing back to look at this change, at this moment in history of… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Life is one passage and then you keep moving into another state. It's like you might be reborn, but the process of being born… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I have no policy for my collection. For example, there's a bunch of meteorite [on the windowsill in my studio]. I touch it and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing an entire… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I don't know whether the future or 2018 exists or not, but if it exists, I'm offering a show to a museum in Australia… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is over, seascapes… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
My concept was, within the five-minute video, for people to see one million Buddhas. So I made a group of the images and it… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
