Nobuyoshi Araki

Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

In the act of love, as in photography, there is a form of life and a kind of slow death,

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Only artists without talent try to shock people.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

There is a camera is between a man and a woman.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

The camera itself, the photograph itself, calls up death.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Photography is about a single point of a moment. It’s like stopping time. As everything gets condensed in that forced instant. But…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Photographs are diary entries That's all they can be. Photographs are just documentations of a day's event. At the same time, they…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Don't you think that it is necessary to have a sense of brutality in photography?

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Photography has always been associated with death. Reality is colorful, yet early photography always took the color out of reality and made…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

I would say my sex drive is weaker than most. However, my lens has a permanent erection.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

You are either born to be a photographer or not. The art of photography is not something you can learn in the…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

A photographer cannot be inexperienced, or too mature. A photographer ought to be half-ripe.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

My photos are my diary. Every photo is no more than the representation of a single day. And each day contains the…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it's the reason we go on living. Photography is…

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Women? Well, they are gods. They will always fascinate me. As for rope, I always have it with me. Even when I…

— Nobuyoshi Araki