Let Just Quotes by Ryan McGinley

A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists is really…

— Ryan McGinley

I want to venture into film more, and I think that a nice way to transition into doing that would be a documentary. I…

— Ryan McGinley

I knew my ticket out of the suburbs was art school, so I worked really hard to develop my portfolio and get a scholarship.

— Ryan McGinley

You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull.

— Ryan McGinley

I spent all of my money on film. I remember I would do these set-design jobs or transcribe or just anything to get, like,…

— Ryan McGinley

My photographs are a celebration of life, fun and the beautiful. They are a world that doesn't exist. A fantasy. Freedom is real. There…

— Ryan McGinley

I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms.

— Ryan McGinley

The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family.

— Ryan McGinley

I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and…

— Ryan McGinley

Actually, I didn't study photography at first. I went to school for painting my first year, poetry my second year, graphic design my third…

— Ryan McGinley

I didn't have much of a life in crime as a graffiti writer.

— Ryan McGinley

You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and the way…

— Ryan McGinley

Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I could find…

— Ryan McGinley

All I do is make photos. It's my life.

— Ryan McGinley

I was growing up in the suburbs; I was one of eight kids. So I did have a community when I was younger, but…

— Ryan McGinley