For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities. David LaChapelle More Quotes by David LaChapelle More Quotes From David LaChapelle I'll let criticism spoil breakfast, but I don't let it affect my lunch. David LaChapelle spoil criticism The industrial revolution fueled all of humanity, everything we do has been exploding ever since. It's been the biggest most impacting thing, not only for human beings in the last 250 million years, but also the planet, which caused the ice age, which buried the forest. It's this circle because of the industrial revolution, it's neither good or bad, it enabled all of modernization, extended our life, it changed everything. It's the most impactful thing that happened to the planet and the people. David LaChapelle humanity age people I have this idea that you can use glamour and still have it represent something that matters. David LaChapelle use matter ideas I was working in this very bombastic style. I didn't really know about style. I didn't think about it: I did what I was interested in, what I was attracted to, what I was drawn to. I was drawn to color, and I was drawn to humor, and I was drawn to sexuality and spontaneity. It was all really intuitive. I never really thought, "Well this is the style... David LaChapelle style color thinking You can't change people's minds, we are not God. We can do our best to do what we do, whatever job we have to bring sort of goodness out there. But we can't change people. As an artist what I can do is to communicate! David LaChapelle artist jobs people My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention. David LaChapelle candy eye attention The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic. David LaChapelle body photographer needs Michael [Jackson] had paintings of himself at Neverland depicting himself as a knight and surrounded by cherubs and angels. People might think he's an egomaniac, but he's not. It's because the world turned against him. David LaChapelle knights angel thinking I'm part of what I consider the entertainment industry. For my photos to be entertaining, they have to be provocative and new. David LaChapelle entertaining provocative entertainment There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child. David LaChapelle grief mother children Pictures are an escape. They should be bigger than life. In the same way, celebrities provide an escape from the mundane. They are photographed so we can worship them - so they are worthy of our worship. David LaChapelle bigger-than-life worship way The cruelty, war and violence, this is evil, wrong and dark and that's what we should hide from the children, not a human body! David LaChapelle dark war children I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death. David LaChapelle fragility decay thinking I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work. David LaChapelle photographer art school In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career. David LaChapelle fashion careers people As you are working on ideas, you are in a bubble, working on your images. What's important to me in my work, I like this idea of communicating through a piece of art so works don't have to be exchanged. They're okay and they're helpful but most importantly that the image will convey something in my mind that I was trying to communicate and then you have that connection. David LaChapelle important mind art People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore. David LaChapelle beautiful jobs people It's much harder to work for yourself, by yourself, than to create work for a gallery, because there are no limits and you can do anything you want. It's always easier when you have a parameter, when you have a limit. You can work within the limit and push it and walk the line, but when you're given absolutely no limits, it's harder. You must really think. It's more challenging. David LaChapelle lines challenges thinking I believe in a visual language that should be as strong as the written word. David LaChapelle photographer strong believe We're bombarded with images. Take the time to stop and look at something then connect with them and maybe they're thinking the same thing, I used a lot of devices to catch the eye of people who have seen a lot of stuff, having worked in advertising and in editorial. I have learned to get someone to stop and look at something, that language. David LaChapelle eye people thinking
