Hiroshi Sugimoto

I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem.

— 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…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

One night I had an idea while I was at the movies: to photograph the film itself. I tried to imagine photographing…

— 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…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is…

— 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…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

To me, as a visual artist, I don't want to get into the theory of Buddhism. There are many Buddhism theories and…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Many people [still] believe that at the time of your death, 1,000 Buddhas show up and welcome you into the paradise state.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Where do you draw the line as a human being? Written record is only, what, a couple thousand years? And this scientific…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

All over the planet, nature is being transformed into 'un-nature' at breakneck speed...My life is part of natural history. I long to…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

[Takashi] Murakami, do you think he is spiritual? He is more like de-spiritualized. De-spiritualized might be the most contemporary aspect of the…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

Art and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and…

— Hiroshi Sugimoto