For me, photography is not a means by which to create beautiful art, but a unique way of encountering genuine reality

- Daido Moriyama

When I take photographs, my body inevitably enters a trancelike state. Briskly weaving my way through the avenues, every cell in my body becomes as s…

- Daido Moriyama

[My] photos are often out of focus, rough, streaky, warped, etc. But if you think about it, a normal human being will in one day perceive an infinite…

- Daido Moriyama

Making a definitive declaration of intent or meaning kills the photograph.

- Daido Moriyama

Photography is the act of "fixing" time, not of "expressing" the world. The camera is an inadequate tool for extracting a vision of the world or of b…

- Daido Moriyama

The photographer who attempts to fit happily into the world by using the traditional perspective of the camera will end up falling into the hole of t…

- Daido Moriyama

I wanted to go to the end of photography.

- Daido Moriyama

I want to take a lot of Nasty photos.

- Daido Moriyama

Most of what I want simply slips away like water flowing through a net, and always what remains are only vague, elusive fragments of images... that s…

- Daido Moriyama