“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

— Albert Einstein

“No matter how slow the film, spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen.”

— Minor White

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”

— E.O. Wilson, Biologist/Naturalist

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

— Anaïs Nin

“A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can achieve excellence.”

— Vince Lombardi

“You don’t always get what you go after, but you do get what you wouldn’t have got if you hadn’t gone after what you didn’t get.”

— Blaze Foley

“People are wonderful. I love individuals. I hate groups of people. I hate a group of people with a ‘common purpose’. ‘Cause pretty soon they have little hats. And armbands. And fight songs. And a list of people they’re going to visit at 3am. So, I dislike and despise groups of people but I love individuals. Every person you look at; you can see the universe in their eyes, if you’re really looking.”

— George Carlin

“The only advice I have is that you do something connected to photography every day of your life and you’ll be surprised what happens.”

— Richard Avedon