Quotes from Andreas Gursky

I pursue one goal the encyclopaedia of life.

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.

I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.

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.

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.

My father did advertising photography.