Andreas Gursky Quotes

#1. I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.

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#2. Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible.

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#3. I stand at a distance, like a person who comes from another world.

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#4. Any claims on the truth in my pictures are only to be answered in the sense that a particular event did in fact happen and did take place in the here and now.

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#5. I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.

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#6. My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.

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#7. We are alone on this planet. It's not a choice. Here we are. This is what everyone has to deal with.

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#8. Vision is an intelligent form of thought

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#9. In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.

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#10. My father did advertising photography.

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#11. A word is worth a thousand images.

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