"Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well"

“I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture. Even my son's mom, she was on my early (album) covers.”

“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”

Source : Jean Jacques Rousseau (2015). “Emile”, p.577, eKitap Projesi

“I do what I do instinctively, and that’s me. If you like me, that’s fine; if you don’t like me then don’t watch me.”

“The limits of your imagination are not the boundaries of my universe.”

“Simplicity is the final achievement.”

Source : "If Not God, Then What? Neuroscience, Aesthetics, and the Origins of the Transcendent". Book by Joshua Fost (p. 93), November 16, 2007.

“To be a photographer is to become aware of visible appearances and at the same time acquire from them an education in individual and common optical aperception. Why? Because every individual sees in his own way but see little more than images shaped by the cultural standards of a given period.”

“One thing about winning a Pulitzer, it means you know what the first three words of your obituary will be: Pulitzer Prize-winner. After winning the Pulitzer, I couldn't help but notice how people suddenly looked at me with a newfound respect, and would say, "He's an expert." On the negative side, I developed a terrible case of writer's block for awhile, because I felt like readers would expect every one of my columns to be prize worthy.”

Source : "Clarence Page: The 'Culture Worrier' interview". Interview with Kam Williams, baystatebanner.com. March 12, 2015.

“I say to myself, go on seeking, be glad for being sensitive, be glad you're able to go beyond the resistance inside you. It is our resistance to what we experience that makes creativity possible. So don't get rid of resistance like that by going around it or trying to eliminate it. Our own limitations put up strong resistance, but it's because of that that we are creators”