[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…

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time.

- 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 being born you won't remember - th…

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

- Hiroshi Sugimoto

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…

- Hiroshi Sugimoto