90 Quotes by Anton Corbijn

I do have an ego, but I acknowledge the help I get.

Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

Generally my focus has been on people who make things, whether it's writers or directors or painters or musicians.

In England, I'm already labeled a rock photographer, which is a little insulting, because I'm not a rock photographer at all.

I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.

There are some elements of digital photography that I don't really like, such as the fact that you see the results immediately.

Working with actors is something I've never done before. I find it tremendous. It's hard work.

Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It's the closest thing we have to God, I think. He's the father of mankind, almost.

My first pictures are from 1972, and my first proper camera dates back to 1973. During the first year I used my father's camera. It had a flash on it, which I don't like, but I didn't know anything about photography back then, so it was just what I did.