A man sets himself the task of sketching the world.  Throughout the years, he fills a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, dwellings, instruments, stars, horses and people.  Shortly before dying, he discovers that this patient labyrinth of strokes outlines the image of his own face.

"...because we don't know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible wealth, yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really.

How many more times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood? Some afternoon that's so deeply a part of your being that you can't even conceive of your life without it. Perhaps four or five times more. Perhaps not even that.

How many more times will you watch the full moon rise? Perhaps twenty. And yet it all seems so limitless..."

"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what he saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, and religion, all in one." 

"The contemplation of things as they are is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention."    

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

One must always take photographs with the greatest respect for the subject and for oneself.



What is there more fugitive and transitory than the expression on a human face? The first impression given by a particular face is often the right one; but the photographer should try always to substantiate the first impression by “living” with the person concerned. The decisive moment and psychology, no less than the camera position, are the principle factors in the making of a good portrait.