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What? Art school? What would I want to do that for?
Look, someone once said, I can't remember who it was now
that the key to success was mostly just showing up.
And I went along to art school, and it changed my life.
Suddenly I saw possibilities that I didn't know existed.
The chance to be around people
that cared about the same things that I did
that were stimulating
you could actually compete with each other in a really positive sort of way.
Jeffrey Smart, Edward Hopper
the two of them together just had a huge influence on me.
They changed the way I saw the world.
You've actually given someone the opportunity
to see the possibilities in something
which is what happened to me.
You can't challenge students and ask them to take risks
unless you're doing it yourself.
Photography, it's a lie.
That's what's wonderful about it
it's how we understand the world
how we understand each other.
Because without a sense of purpose, there is no purpose.