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10 quotes by Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968) is a German fine-art photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer - and also the first non-English person - to be awarded the Tate annual Turner Prize. In 2009, he was awarded the Kulturpreis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie (The Culture Prize of...
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Books have this function that help me to understand the work I've done, to wrap it up. Once it's done, fortunately, it doesn't mean... →

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On the one hand I follow a vocation because I have an ability that I should exercise, but I want to use it for a reason, because I don't see that... →

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A photocopier is a camera in its own right. I was fortunate to grow up in the time and culture that I did. I was allowed to develop an awareness that... →

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I want the pictures to be working in both directions. I accept that they speak about me, and yet at the same time, I want and expect them to function... →

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There is this looking at the world as shapes and patterns and colors that have meaning, and you can't deny the superficial because the... →

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Change in my work happens not in revolutions - it's more evolutionary.

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I see my practice as picture making. Whatever is available, I use.

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In order to engage in an 'experiencing of the world,' one has to physically move oneself to the most diverse places on earth.

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When I was growing up, all the art that touched me was lens-generated, like Gerhard Richter, or Polke, Rauschenberg, Warhol.

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It's very real, the narrow line between a night danced away and the potential of death around the corner.

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