Hofer Quotes & Sayings

I do my work. My work is my statement. Generally, I think, there is too much interest in what an artist has to say. Or what she or he looks like, instead of what she or he does. — Candida Hofer

If I can live through the events," she said, "I can get through the memories. — J.R. Ward

Page8 / FOREWORD by Philip Hofer:
"His problem is space, not inspiration; time, not initiative. — Fernando Zobel

Spaces may or may not invite the image - if they do, they mostly do it with their spatial layers of time ... It is then the image that takes the place of the space; the image in its own right. — Candida Hofer

Reality just gets in the way of achieving goals. — James Hofer

No one has ever been able to control his thinking, although people may tell the story of how they have. I don't let go of my thoughts-I meet them with understanding. Then they let go of me. — Byron Katie

Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room. — Quincy Jones

I photograph in public and semi-public spaces that date from various epochs. These are spaces accessible to everyone. They are places where you can meet and communicate, where you can share or receive knowledge, where you can relax and recover. They are spas, hotels, waiting rooms, museums, libraries, universities, banks, churches and, as of a few years ago, zoos. All of the places have a purpose, as for the most part do the things within them. — Candida Hofer

I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive. — Ken Livingstone

Unless you find the fundamental cause and treat that, the same problem will surface later on in a different form. — Haruki Murakami