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> [When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the characters sha, meaning to reflect or copy, and shin, meaning truth, hence the photographer seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/when-people-call-me-a-photographer-i-always-feel-like-something-of-a/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

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## More by Hiroshi Sugimoto

> [I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-have-a-strong-feeling-about-this-quick-movement-and-changing-of/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/if-i-already-have-a-vision-my-work-is-almost-done-the-rest-is-a/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/photography-is-like-a-found-object-a-photographer-never-makes-an/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-m-inviting-the-spirits-into-my-photography-it-s-an-act-of-god/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/we-ll-drive-backwards-in-what-will-become-your-new-car-to-the-beach/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-feel-that-i-m-in-a-very-interesting-position-where-i-m-standing/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/life-is-one-passage-and-then-you-keep-moving-into-another-state-it-s/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-have-no-policy-for-my-collection-for-example-there-s-a-bunch-of/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing an entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/one-night-i-had-an-idea-while-i-was-at-the-movies-to-photograph-the/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-don-t-know-whether-the-future-or-2018-exists-or-not-but-if-it/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is over, seascapes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/the-seascapes-are-before-human-beings-and-after-human-beings-the/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/my-concept-was-within-the-five-minute-video-for-people-to-see-one/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/when-i-wake-up-i-just-make-it-happen-my-dreams-come-true-that-is-the/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/not-any-particular-religion-or-school-of-religion-but-being-an-artist/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

> [I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-sugimoto/i-came-to-california-in-1970-and-so-many-people-were-asking-if-i-was/)

[Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-sugimoto/)

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