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 keeps accelerating to rea….

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 titled "Time Reversed." Time is….

However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real..

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

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 is 1,000 pieces of gold gi….

I don't know how many serious Christians exist here in America, but the Japanese, the younger generation is leaving the Buddhist religion mentality b….

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

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

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….

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 cam….

People have been reading photography as a true document, at the same time they are now getting suspicious. I am basically an honest person, so I let ….

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

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

When people call me a photographer, I always feel like something of a charlatan—at least in Japanese. The word shashin, for photograph, combines the ….

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

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

Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness..

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

My art has gained some high value..

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….

I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking if I was enlightened already or not. So I ….