“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things...

“In every artist there is poetry. In every human being there is poetic element. We know, we feel, we believe.” –Ernst Haas When people...

“Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.” - Henri...

“Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, / even in the leafless winter, / even in the ashy city. / I am thinking now / of grief, and...

“If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.”...

"...the purpose of life is to give voice to our astonishments." - Annie Dillard Despite my early years of living with my family in...

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” ― Antonie de Saint-Exupery...

“The heart and mind are the true lens of the photographs.” – Yousuf Karsh As I mentioned during the previous blog post, there was a...

“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are ultimately to be at peace with themselves. What humans can...

“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” ― Brene Brown I once read an interview of a photographer...

“Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.” – Duane Michals. A common...

“Make it different. Keep it the same. It just takes three pictures to start and confirm a pathway. There are no winners: no bronze,...

"And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world” – John Steinbeck...

If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: ‘Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of...

“Art is risk made visible” – Arno Rafael Minkkinen My workshop at the Griffin Museum of Photography with Arno Rafael Minkkinen is...

“I think what I’m trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived...

“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever...

“The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.”...

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark I applied to a...

“Elegance is timeless. It withstands trend; it withstands the commercialization of what fashion and style have become.” – Zac Posen My...