I have never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.
A man of but mediocre talent who is furiously driven by deep desire will get somewhere. He who doesn't desire deeply isn't hurt much by failure.
If you want to be clever in your picture, don't let anybody catch you at it. If they catch you, you're not clever.
When values are contrasting, use subtle color. When values are subtle, use contrasting color.
Merely knowing your craft will never be enough to make a picture. If you ever amount to anything at all, it will be because you were true to that deep desire or ideal which made you seek artistic expression in pictures.
Any picture that needs a caption is a weak picture.
Form is expressed in the light tones by dark accents, in the dark tones by light accents.
Heroes come along when you need them.
Famously, the CIA is somewhere where marriages hardly ever last because it's obviously such a strange lifestyle.
I have come to the conclusion that the modern interpretation of the Declaration of Independence is something like this: I am as good as those that think themselves better and a long sight better than those who only think themselves as good.
I feel like every project that I've been doing, I've learned something about myself. It's like I've cracked something, or my vision of myself has gotten wider. I'm just learning and growing, and overcoming the fear.