Everything inspires me, especially beauty.
She seemed to be the negative inspiration for everything that inspired me: the romantic anger of the Clash, the analytical fury of Gang of Four, the apocalyptic wit of Martin Amis, the decadent, multiculturalist ardor of "My Beautiful Laundrette" and "Sammy and Rosie Get Laid".
At some level, everything is "inspired by true events".
"Everything was inspired by the shape and the construction of tennis shoes.
"Everything was inspired by American clubs, even the way we dress," Kuznetsov explains.
There's so much trivia about Neuromancer, and everything it inspired, from the name "Microsoft" to the Matrix films – perhaps even the whole internet.
Many of the modern takes on the concept have insisted on the 3D action adventure archetype – an approach no doubt advised by spreadsheet-wielding marketing execs who don't have a clue about how the mechanics of the original title worked; how everything was inspired by pinball rather than contemporary video game dynamics.
From the golden trophies, replicas of the F1 trophies lifted by Senna, to models of the fastest animals on land, everything is inspired by "velocidade" or speed, the most famous quality of the Brazilian racing driver.
It was important that I was able to digest everything: It inspired purity, more heart and more love".
His passion for life and relentless interest in people drove his work and he spent his time travelling around Australia and the rest of the world taking candid photographs of everything that inspired him.
