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> [ \[My\] goal as an artist is to create increasingly complex images with greater and greater clarity of form and intensity of vision. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/my-goal-as-an-artist-is-to-create-increasingly-complex-images-with/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

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## More by Roger Ballen

> [I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get there I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/i-never-think-about-a-photo-before-i-start-it-i-try-to-let-my-mind/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [It is my belief that the most challenging photographs are those that create a tension between what we refer to as the real and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/it-is-my-belief-that-the-most-challenging-photographs-are-those-that/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/life-on-the-planet-and-in-our-galaxy-is-so-complex-i-don-t-hope-to/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/if-an-artist-is-one-who-spends-his-life-trying-to-define-his-being-i/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [In the end, I believe that the most important influence on my aesthetic has been the photographs I have taken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/in-the-end-i-believe-that-the-most-important-influence-on-my/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [Nothing is staged. And nothing is already there. Everything is transformed through the camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/nothing-is-staged-and-nothing-is-already-there-everything-is/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/i-never-prepare-a-speech-i-never-think-when-i-give-a-speech-except/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [My best Pictures are the ones I don’t understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/my-best-pictures-are-the-ones-i-don-t-understand/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [ \[My\] goal as an artist is to create increasingly complex images with greater and greater clarity of form and intensity of vision. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/my-goal-as-an-artist-is-to-create-increasingly-complex-images-with/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [Black and White is essentially an abstract way to interpret and transform what one might refer to as reality. My purpose in taking photographs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/black-and-white-is-essentially-an-abstract-way-to-interpret-and/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [The pictures are of a psychological culture, a Jungian culture, if you will. It emanates from my own psyche... It's a hard place to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/the-pictures-are-of-a-psychological-culture-a-jungian-culture-if-you/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [ \[Photography\] tells you that every second in time is different from every other second. You want people to understand that the image in front… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/photography-tells-you-that-every-second-in-time-is-different-from/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [Black and white is a very minimalist art form and unlike color photographs does not pretend to mimic the world in a manner similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/black-and-white-is-a-very-minimalist-art-form-and-unlike-color/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

> [When you go searching, you never know what you will find.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ballen/when-you-go-searching-you-never-know-what-you-will-find/)

[Roger Ballen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ballen/)

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