It's pre-photography, a fossilization of time, Americans have done the Zen garden to death. I wanted to do something different..

I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit..

Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiti….

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

I don't love the postmodern statement: "You shouldn't be spiritual if you are the artist.".

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

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

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

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 you won't remember - th….

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

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

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time..

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

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 th….

The Buddhist concept is that it takes 48 days to get near this state [of death]. So it's a slow process, moving into, not a permanent death, but the ….

I want to put it back together now, this artistic expression that contains religious feeling. I want to investigate: What was the origin? What's happ….

Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income….

My art has gained some high value..

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 t….

Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions..

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