Author Archives: Rich

Quotes “The best street photography focuses our attention on what we have trained ourselves to ignore.” — Margaret Renkl, NY Times Guest Essay “Baldwin Lee Is One of Those Artists Who Teach Us to See,” October 31, 2022 “You were … Continue reading →

Quotes “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. — Stephen King “Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and … Continue reading →

Quotes “When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision — then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” -— Audre Lorde “If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being … Continue reading →

Quotes “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.“– Samwise Gamgee, “The Fellowship of the Ring” “We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, … Continue reading →

Quotes “If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.” — Fay Weldon “Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.” -– Eleanor Roosevelt “Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I … Continue reading →

Quotes “It is a beautiful truth that all men contain something of the artist in them.” — Walt Whitman “Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.” — … Continue reading →

Quotes “Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.” — Bill Watterson “He has no problem with failure as long as he is doing work he is happy with. Whether it ends up as a win or … Continue reading →

Quotes “It’s taken a long time to make photographs say what I want them to say, to shape time rather than stop it.” — Jennifer McClure in Lenscratch “When it comes to both learning your craft and finding your voice … Continue reading →

Quotes “People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.” — Norman Vincent Peale “Creativity is sometimes unconscious, subconscious, conscious — and often … Continue reading →

Quotes “Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have … Continue reading →

Quotes “People can like what I do or not like what I do, but Jesus, there’s a body of work there, and I’m really proud of it.” — Conan O’Brien “ Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour … Continue reading →

Quotes “Stop making excuses; you’re the only one stopping you.” — Issa Rae “A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.” -– Man Ray “There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do.” -— Amy Poehler Links … Continue reading →

Quotes “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf “Success is the process itself.” — Matt Damon “I’m deeply interested in the photograph as a record of an encounter and enjoy putting … Continue reading →

Quotes “If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn’t bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.” — Stephen King “Let … Continue reading →

Quotes “It is important to me that the text is not a caption but integral to the image.” — Hal Fischer “I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.” — Man Ray “Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to … Continue reading →