Sleep is pain's easiest salve
Every successful photograph, except for lucky shots, begins with an idea and a plan. The more precisely a photographer knows what it is he wishes to do, the better the chances are that he will do it.
Two factors thus emerge as requisites of success in the field of creative photography. First, the subject must be photogenic. Second, its re-creation in a photograph must be based upon technical knowledge, guided and supported by artsitic inspiration.
A technically perfect photograph can be the world's most boring picture.
As an amateur you have an advantage over photographers - you can do as you wish. . . This should make amateurs the happiest of photographers.
Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art.
The difference in 'seeing' between the eye and the lens should make it obvious that a photographer who merely points his camera at an appealing subject and expects to get an appealing picture in return, may be headed for a disappointment.
It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me. ' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.
When I have just sat down and tried to write the lyrics of a song, usually about half of it sounds like bullshit. I just have to go away from something and come back to it again later. I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.
There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.
When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.