The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art Copy Share Image
I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art Copy Share Image
When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Artistic Copy Share Image
It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Death Copy Share Image
I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Challenges 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
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 Copy Share Image
Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art 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 Art Copy Share Image
Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Fossils work almost the same way as photography as a record of history. The accumulation of time and history becomes a negative… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Accumulation Copy Share Image
I'm thinking about the end of civilization. We may not keep growing like we are now. There must be an end of… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Civilization Copy Share Image
When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Artist Copy Share Image
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 History 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Buddhism 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
I want to put it back together now, this artistic expression that contains religious feeling. I want to investigate: What was the… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Animal Copy Share Image
People have been reading photography as a true document, at the same time they are now getting suspicious. I am basically an… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
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 Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my… — 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Age Copy Share Image
We need to have nature back in our atmosphere. There might be a turning point of going backward - within a few… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income,… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Chain reactions Copy Share Image
I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist." — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Feelings Copy Share Image
Where do you draw the line as a human being? Written record is only, what, a couple thousand years? And this scientific… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
[I'm concerned with] aesthetics and this idea of how the passage between life and death goes. I can visually present that by… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Aesthetics 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
[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 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… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Art and religion have the same origin. Art first, or religion first? Maybe consciousness first! Consciousness always comes with religious feeling and… — Hiroshi Sugimoto Art Copy Share Image
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![“I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and then to combine this with a conceptual art practice. But thinking back, that was the wrong decision [laughs]. Developing a low-quality aesthetic is a sign of serious…” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/569/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_aesthetic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-criticized-for-takin_1474127.jpg)
![“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/i/947/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_age_i-have-no-policy-for-my-collection-for-e_266371.jpg)
![“We need to have nature back in our atmosphere. There might be a turning point of going backward - within a few thousand years we are going back to the Stone Age! There are many scenarios [with] the robot technologies: Humans no longer need to walk; machines can produce products and food and…” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_able_we-need-to-have-nature-back-in-our-atmos_3171878.jpg)
![“[I'm concerned with] aesthetics and this idea of how the passage between life and death goes. I can visually present that by borrowing this Buddhist statue.” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b57/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_aesthetics_i-m-concerned-with-aesthetics-and-this-i_2453902.jpg)
![“[Takashi] Murakami, do you think he is spiritual? He is more like de-spiritualized. De-spiritualized might be the most contemporary aspect of the human mind.” quote by Hiroshi Sugimoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/hiroshi-sugimoto-14343_aspect_takashi-murakami-do-you-think-he-is-spir_1384253.jpg)
