In the fashion world, I was always an outsider, but I made people look good, so I had a career. David LaChapelle Read Quote
I was always painting when I was a kid. But then when I handled a camera when I was 17, that was it for me. I loved photography. I would work 4 or 5 hours a day. It was like a calling. David LaChapelle Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My mum was one of those people who really wasn’t allowed to be an artist, because she worked in a factory and she came from the war and all that stuff. She really has an artist’s soul. David LaChapelle Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can’t get jobs anymore. David LaChapelle Read Quote
I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies – our decay and eventual death. David LaChapelle Read Quote
