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Don't ask 'Should I ... ?'. Instead, 'Ask what happens if I ... ?'

Through the experience of art, the powers of perception and transformation can be awakened, in both those who create it and those who re-perceive it.

We see the world through our experience.

Photographs are never records of the way things are; they're records of the way things were.

Less information often leads to more interpretation.

The frame frames a frame of mind.

We don't have enough words for photography. Can you imagine writers having only one word for writing?

Listen carefully. The way(s) we speak about things is revealing.

It's one thing to make a beautiful thing; it's another thing to make a living thing.

We are the strongest filter we can place before the lens. We point the lens both outward and inward.

Surfaces simultaneously reveal and conceal.

A good question has many answers.

The best plans evolve.

I'd say seeking is one of the fundamental artistic impulses. Art is about discovery. The medium is not the message.

Education, or enrichment, is a dynamic, evolving, lifelong process. Every time you look, sensitively with awareness, your vision grows.

While many conclusions are drawn ... the process of asking questions is more important than the answers ... an ongoing process of discovery.

Above all, remember that the computer simply isn't as intelligent as you are.

Images are altered in many ways, to many degrees, and for many reasons, so it's important for viewers to be informed of both.

Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force.

Different people can photograph the same things with the same tools and create such different images.

Many times we are tempted to defer to the documents we create, rather than the direct experiences we have.

How do we know what we know? Is seeing believing? Is believing seeing?

It takes asking many questions from many perspectives to truly understand something.

Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.

Every photograph is altered, to one degree or another.

Art is a journey of discovery.

Photography extends our perception allowing us to see and experience more - second hand.

A photograph is an invitation to look - and to look at looking.

My mantra is, 'This or something better.'