Martin Parr

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.