The cool part about New York is that you can do that. You can talk to all the people you admire. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I can work with shyness, but for the most part I want people to feel comfortable with me. It's really more about… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Just having the camera, being able to pull back from situations and be an observer, it saved my life... I realised I… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Just being friends with people now for over 15 years, you realize what we all came out of. What we came out… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I slowly began making a few photos with animals over the years, and I liked how people reacted to them. When I… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
You have to be able to observe life as if you were a camera all the time, constantly looking at light and… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I got a lot of attention when I was really young, and people have it in their minds that I'm still 24… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
In college, all my friends were graffiti writers, but I never wrote graffiti. I wanted to participate and do something cool on… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Whatever emotions you're going through, you somehow seek out the people that are going through similar emotions or that maybe have something… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
I don't want to be an artist that gets stuck doing one thing. I don't want to be an artist who people… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
My mom had seven kids in seven years, and then she had me 11 years later. So when I was born, my… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You find the people that you need to find. There's this gravitational pull. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in an atmosphere where dreams and reality mingle on equal terms. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
The cool thing for me about moving to New York was that I got to create a new family. — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
