"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else."

"I don't think I'm any different from anybody else. I just happen to be an artist."

"I have always been interested in the light. The way it changes things."

"I am not a photographer. I am a painter."

"Singing has always seemed to me a very foolish thing to do. I like to keep my mouth shut."