I've had moments where I've felt like I was on another planet because I saw something beautiful. To me, taking pictures is being alive.

My work was my life, and my life was my work, and there was a kind of blur between reality and what was being created.

...you don't need to be technically great, because if you have a strong philosophy people will be moved by your pictures regardless.

I got into photography because of the immediacy of the medium. I used to sit in front of a canvas for weeks trying to create something. Now I can see the image right away.

Now I love the act of creating a new image. When everything comes together, it feels like ecstasy. It's like a climax.

The Berglunds were the super-guilty sort of liberals who needed to forgive everybody so their own good fortune could be forgiven

To reenchant nature is not merely to gain a new perspective for its integrity and well-being; it is to throw open the doors to a deeper level of existence.

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year.

If I have my way, I'm going to dissolve the Forest Service. They're in the business of harvesting trees and they're not harvesting trees, so why have them anymore ?

SAMO as an end to to mindwash religion, nowhere politics and bogus philosophy.

The Savior's atonement...is intimate as well as infinite.

I grew up thinking that singing was my security.

It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times.

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth.

To describe the overwhelming life of a tropical forest just in terms of inert biochemistry and DNA didn't seem to give a very full picture of the world.