"He was an artist and life was his medium." — Derek Franz Alpinist Magazine, Issue 87, "Fabulous Roman Candles"
"If I went into a story or assignment with a preconceived idea of what would happen, or worse, a meticulous outline, I’d get stuck even before I began. Over time, I learned to write not to make something happen, but to find out what happens—to write my way into knowing." — Katie Arnold Brief Flashings in the Phenomenal World
"Photography is an art of hundredths and thousandths of seconds, which makes for slim odds at perfection. The moment of any image is preceded by an infinite number of events that coalesce in a single instant, and it evaporates just as quickly as it appears." — Cory Richards The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
"[Art] is getting on the other side of your brain and letting it take you for a ride." — Jeremy Jones The Art of Shralpinism
"It’s not about me, it’s about the person or place in the photo." — Claire Giordano "Documenting Adventure" workshop, Portland, 2018
"Art is work." — Unknown
"Dear Frozen Peas Manufacturer, We are writing to you because we feel that the peas illustrated on your package of frozen peas are a most unattractive color. We are referring to the 16oz plastic package that shows three or four pods, one of the split open, with peas rolling out near them. The peas are a dull yellow green, more the color of pea soup than fresh peas and nothing like the actual color of your peas, which are a nice bright dark green. The depicted peas are, moreover, about three times the size of the actual peas inside the package, which, together with their dull color, makes them even less appealing—they appear to be past their maturity and mealy in texture. Additionally, the color of your illustrated peas contrasts poorly with the color of the lettering and other decoration on your package, which is an almost harsh neon green. We have compared your depiction of peas of peas to that of other frozen peas packages and yours is by far the least appealing. Most food manufacturers depict food on their packaging that is more attractive than the food inside and therefore deceptive. You are doing the opposite: you are falsely representing your peas as less attractive than they actually are. We enjoy your peas and do not want your business to suffer. Please reconsider your art. Yours sincerely." — Lydia Davis Can't and Won't, "Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer"
"It’s not enough that we build products that function, that are understandable and usable, we also need to build products that bring joy and excitement, pleasure and fun, and yes, beauty to people’s lives." — Don Norman
"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." — Steve Jobs
"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent." — Joe Sparano
"Design is where science and art break even." — Robin Mathew
"Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style." — Massimo Vignelli
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Airman's Odyssey
"The earth without art is just eh." — Unknown
"We click the shutter release, only to have our work instantly become a part of the past—moments frozen in time, just as droplets of water freeze onto a growing icicle." — Nikki Smith
"Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph." — Robert Heinecken
