Thoughts on Photography

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.”

— Ansel Adams

“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.”

— Paul Caponigro

“No place is boring if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and a pocket of unexposed film.”

— Robert Adams

“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

— Dorothea Lange

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”

— Marc Riboud

“Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.””

— Imogen Cunningham

Thoughts on Travel

“Travel is  fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness., and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” ~ Mark Twain

“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it's lethal.”

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~Andre Gide

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” - Aldous Huxley

Thoughts on Happiness

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."  - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." - Oscar Levant

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." – Denis Waitley

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." –Agnes Repplier

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." – Benjamin Franklin