A photographic close-up is perhaps the purest form of portraiture, creating a confrontation between the viewer and the subject that daily interaction makes impossible, or at least impolite.

I think all photographs lie. They capture such a small amount of a person's personality, if they capture anything.

Why do smart people exist, if not to figure out convoluted problems?

Why should i expect yes cos everything i get no

A man should be more original than a bouquet of roses and a box of chocolates. Flowers die and sugar sticks to your hips like a permanent record to a criminal.

It is the responsibility of each new generation to restore the authority of God in every sphere of life

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty pains and when it pained most, I shot.

Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.

I'm very focused on projects that help people, not just help me.

When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.

The profuse phallic symbolism of chess provides some fantasy gratification of the homosexual wish, particularly the desire for mutual masturbation.