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I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.

The adornment of the body is a human need. I don't see anything superficial about it unless your life becomes very materialistic.

David LaChapelle

I moved to New York when I was 15, but my parents lived nearby in Connecticut, so I could go be in this incredible countryside when I needed it.

David LaChapelle

My mother taught me a lot about respect for all living things - for plants and animals. I am a vegetarian. I was brought up that way.

David LaChapelle

I'm a photographer, period. I love photography, the immediacy of it. I like the craft, the idea of saying 'I'm a photographer.'

David LaChapelle

As you get older, you think about things differently from when you do in your twenties, when you think you'll live forever.

David LaChapelle

Success to me is being a good person, treating people well.

David LaChapelle

You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, 'You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.'

David LaChapelle

I never want people to be repulsed with my pictures; I always want to attract people.

David LaChapelle

I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.

David LaChapelle

We use fashion for status and to beautify and there's nothing wrong with that, but when it becomes completely unbalanced, then you're living a decadent life. And when that happens on a global scale, you're living in a decadent world.

David LaChapelle

I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.

David LaChapelle

I went to art high school and thought I'd be a painter. Unfortunately I didn't finish high school, but that's always been part of my work.

David LaChapelle

In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career.

David LaChapelle

For me, it's easier to like more things than to dislike them; I'm not a critic in that sense. I find it easier to like more, to be more open and enjoy more things, which has given me more opportunities.

David LaChapelle