The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.

You need to learn to see and compose. The more time you waste worrying about your equipment the less time you'll have to put into creating great images. Worry about your images, not your equipment.

Photography is the power of observation, not the application of technology.

No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.

Maybe because it's entirely an artist's eye, patience and skill that makes an image and not his tools.

If I want a small take-everywhere camera, I prefer my iPhone 5, which has colors and tonal range superior to any DSLR or compact digital camera I've ever used at their default settings.

It's the story that counts.

I choose what I believe, and say nothing. For I am not as simple as I may seem.

Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand.

A true Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their love, and know no otherlaw nor kindness.

How many fine thoughts has every man had! How few fine thoughts are expressed!

National enthusiasm is the nursery of genius.

I got all the Sarah Palin I need for one lifetime.

unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.

There is always a temptation to diddle around in the contemplative life, making itsy-bitsy statues.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.