Surprise, unpredictability: these are the main materials of creativity.

Good photos have come when I least controlled the situation.

Don't be afraid to take bad pictures, because good pictures are the mistakes of bad pictures.

The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from it, and then one is doomed to repeat oneself.

The feeling before and after the event is very important. There are things happening before and after the event. These things are even more important than the event itself.

You can never learn/improve if you are too proud to accept criticism.

Being emotional is normal? all part of the job.

My favorite colors come from the shades of local earth. Dig in the ground and you'll find so many layers of color-amazing yellows, sand, browns, black, beige.

Time is never wasted coming to an old man bar.

History is lived forwards but it is written in retrospect. We know the end before we consider the beginning and we can never wholly recapture what it was to know the beginning only.

The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.

Everyone knows the presidential candidates and has an opinion about them. But as you get to smaller races, that evaporates and you can win through sheer elbow grease.

I love to sing, dance, and act so I guess I am one! Although I definitely think that I have tons to work on and I hope to grow as a performer everyday.

I have a noble history of being rejected by a lot of places, only to discover that the one that finally lets me in is in fact the perfect fit.

Pain is an outcry of sin.