I want to get people to read stone, tree, so forth & so on through the construction of the picture, to lead them to these things exactly as if it were written out on a page. I think it can be done.

Am I looking at a mask or am I the mask being looked at?

I found out that I could not choose a subject, throw it out of focus, and then have a good picture. I found that I had to learn to see No-focus from the beginning.

I have always tried to keep truth in my photographs. My work, whether realistic or abstract, has always dealt with a form of religion or imagination.

I think I have been able to eliminate the idea of a third person: the Intruding Photographer.

I like the obvious statement, although some people might wish to think they aren't there, that they will go away with time.

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, anew continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to bereleased and channeled toward some great good.

Somehow, like so many people who get depressed, we felt our depressions were more complicated and existentially based than they actually were.

As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.

There's a tendency, especially among revolutionaries, to only show the good side of yourself and then when you come to power, the bad side comes out.

I'm a huge fan of 'Community'; it's, I think, one of the most brilliant comedy on television and has been for a long time.

I know, by the Lord's grace, I am a small part in the cosmic play.

It's a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It's certainly not fun.

I can see the greed and envy in your eyes.

I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.

Whatever be the means adopted, you must at last return to the Self, so why not abide as the Self here and now?