How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.

We, women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

Life is like a cup of tea, the sugar is all at the bottom!

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

I can't see the future. But when I dreamed of the future, he was the one I was tied to.

Given all that lies beyond mycontrol, I obsess about the few things I can control

Those who complimented me were those who understood me the least.

Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

Almost inevitably there are tensions in the picture, tensions between the outside world and the inside world. For me, a successful picture resolves these tensions without eliminating them.

If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.

I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.

A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will.

Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.