The whole world is, to me, very much 'alive'—all the little growing things, even the rocks. I can’t look at a swell bit of grass and earth, for instance, without feeling the essential life—the things going on-within them.

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"It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment."

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"You don’t take a photograph, you make it."

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"You don't take a photograph, you make it."

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"The artist and the photographer seek the mysteries and the adventure of experience in nature."

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"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer – and often the supreme disappointment."

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

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"We should never judge someone based on their appearance."

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"Beauty and ugliness are merely subjective labels. What matters is who we are inside."

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"When we see beyond appearances, we discover the true essence of a person."

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"Worry is a misuse of imagination."

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