You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.

I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.

What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake...spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture.

You have to care. You can't do good work if you don't care. That's not necessarily a strength, but it gives you strength.

In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

We are a noisy and blessed little family

When neurons “talk” to each other clearly, our brain is able to make sense of our lives. We make our wisest decisions when there is nothing obstructing these lines of communication.

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

Self-help courses will only help you if they teach you to pay attention to life itself.

Between the desireAnd the spasm, Between the potencyAnd the existence, Between the essenceAnd the descent, Falls the Shadow.

To survive in this world, you got to be many times a coward but at least once a hero

We had President Obama on the show last night. I think the president enjoys visiting NBC because we're the only place that has lower numbers than he does.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.

I don't consider myself just a black man. I consider myself a brotha. I love my people.