I abstract it in my photographs: I like large planes and spaces, areas of texture and light, like deserts or oceans or monumental places.

Many people who excel are self-taught.

I like form and shape and strength in pictures.

Regardless of whether you speak the language or are familiar with a culture, the picture should hold up.

For me, the most important thing I learned was just honing my eye. I think I had a good eye.

Within two hours of where I live, you have mountains and desert as location. I like the natural elements that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow.

It's important to let your subjects be themselves.

The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.

Even though I didn't get a business degree, I enjoyed learning about economics.

What I particularly liked was that, coming from California and not being involved in the New York scene, I developed my personal way, in my own way, at my own pace.

Generally, the French highly promote culture and the arts, and photography is in their blood.

A difference between the sane and the insane is not just about appearance or attitude but the usage of time.

I wish I could learn that just three drinks is enough, but I have not learned that.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart.

I have always thought that there is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly cooked dinners and untidy ways.

I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.

It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.

We often leave the most precious personal direction of the Spirit unheard because we do not record and respond to the first promptings that come to us when the Lord chooses to direct us.

I can walk around relatively anonymously.

I call it my billion-dollar mistake. It was the invention of the null reference in 1965.

I guess it's the age group of students; You are questioning life. Then there are those who actually see their problems reflected in it.