Chris Jordan Quotes

I crave to be able to photograph the way a painter paints - in a loose, expressive way.

What I aspire to is to have the viewer look directly at the subject, as if they're looking through a window at the real thing.

Set your compass to beauty, humor, and grief; stay the course no matter what, and I'll support you with everything I've got.

Activating is about changing people's perceptions of overlooked or invisible spaces. A building can become an archetype, invisible, like for a New Yorker, for example, the Statue of Liberty. You look at it, and it disappears into the thousands of times you've already seen it.

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

I want people to realize that they matter.

I hate the word 'rendering,' as it equates to 'pouring concrete' on ideas that demand continuing dialog. 'Trade secrets' imply hoarding of knowledge.

I used to be a photographer - and now I'm some kind of digital photographic artist.

I find myself walking these lines. Like I might be an artist, but I also might be an activist. And I'm trying to be both in a way that honors both and doesn't stray too far into either.

American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.

I only want to work with transparent ideas and accessible technologies that 'spotlight' the individual's role in society through creativity. I try to live an open-source life.

There's an axiom I live by: 'There is no art without politics.' You either choose to engage it, or you choose political apathy. This ties in with ideas around real-time performance and feedback.

If there is anything I've learned being the mother of many children, it's that you'd better laugh at yourself, because everyone else already is.

I know that if I were to take ugly photographs, no one would be interested in looking at them.