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 human beings. If the end of the civilization comes before the end of my life, that's… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing an entire feature film with my camera. I could already picture the projection screen making itself visible as… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
“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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing an entire… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is over, seascapes… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking if I… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
![“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 I feel the energy from the universe. I have a 1/1,000th of a fragment of stone-age tools and pottery and debris. I can learn many things from my collection. Actually, the…” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/947/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_age_i-have-no-policy-for-my-collection-for-e_266371.jpg)
