90 Quotes by Anton Corbijn

Analog is more beautiful than digital, really, but we go for comfort.

I think Amsterdam is to Holland what New York is to America in a sense. It's a metropolis, so it's representative of Holland, but only a part of it - you know, it's more extreme, there's more happening, it's more liberal and more daring than the countryside in Holland is.

Apart from photography and music videos, I also do graphic design.

When I was younger, I'd buy a vinyl album, take it home and live with it, and I think that attachment's largely gone for the file-sharing generation.

I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.

I don't have lights, I don't have assistants, I just go and meet somebody and take a photograph. That's really basic, and that's how I used to work when I was 17 or 18 in Holland.

I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.

I only make storyboards for action scenes. Once you make a storyboard, you don't film; it can be a stiff move.

I've gotten used to not looking too far into the future; it's best when you can begin each day anew.