“If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.” (Eve Arnold)

“If I can dig deeper and show more of who people are, aside from it being a wedding day, then I feel I’ve succeeded. Usually, at the end of the night, that comes out. The party’s over, and they become themselves one hundred per cent.” (Tyler Wirken).

“I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.” (Henry Miller)

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, "This is what it is to be happy.” (Sylvia Plath)

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” (Anatoli France)