You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or by watching someone do it. — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe. — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death, — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But if you… — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying… — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
Photographs are diary entries That's all they can be. Photographs are just documentations of a day's event. At the same time, they drag the… — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
Don't you think that it is necessary to have a sense of brutality in photography? — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
Photography has always been associated with death. Reality is colorful, yet early photography always took the color out of reality and made it black-and-white.… — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
I would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection. — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the classroom or… — Nobuyoshi Araki Copy Share Image
