Vision is an intelligent form of thought Andreas Gursky More Quotes by Andreas Gursky More Quotes From Andreas Gursky I read a picture not for what's really going on there, I read it more for what is going on in our world generally. Andreas Gursky our-world world 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. Andreas Gursky desire reality art I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment. Andreas Gursky individual environment humans Maybe to try to understand not just that we are living in a certain building or in a certain location, but to become aware that we are living on a planet that is going at enormous speed through the universe. Andreas Gursky our-world understanding photography I stand at a distance, like a person who comes from another world. Andreas Gursky another-world distance world Since the photographic medium has been digitized, a fixed definition of the term photography has become impossible. Andreas Gursky definitions photography impossible A word is worth a thousand images. Andreas Gursky thousand We are alone on this planet. It's not a choice. Here we are. This is what everyone has to deal with. Andreas Gursky deals planets choices 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. Andreas Gursky track desire world 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. Andreas Gursky events claims facts I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life. Andreas Gursky pursue goal My father did advertising photography. Andreas Gursky advertising photography father
