The Only Burden You Have Ever Had

All Land, No Matter What Has Happened To It, Has Over It A Grace, An Absolutely Persistent Beauty.

There Is Still Time - In The Lee, In The Quiet, In The Extraordinary Light.

Why Is Form Beautiful? Because, I Think, It Helps Us Confront Our Worst Fear: The Suspicion That Life May Be Chaos And That Therefore Our Suffering Is Without Meaning.

You Can't Talk About Life Without Talking About Politics. You Have To Have Both. If You're Just A Political Person, You're Going To Burn Out. If You, As An Artist, Are Just Focused Inward, You're Going To Eventually Be Irrelevant.

Why Do Most Great Pictures Look Uncontrived? Why Do Photographers Bother With The Deception, Especially Since It So Often Requires The Hardest Work Of All? The Answer Is, I Think, That The Deception Is Necessary If The Goal Of Art Is To Be Reached: Only Pictures That Look As If They Had Been Easily Made Can Convincingly Suggest That Beauty Is Commonplace.