“There are so many people that use 'following your dreams' as an excuse to not work. When in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work.”

“I think everyone feels alone in their sadness, and there's a certain value to hearing other people's sad stories.”

“I've always felt like an artistic person. I can't draw or paint or sculpt. I never really had technical skills, but I've always felt like I appreciate really beautiful things, and part of taking a good photograph is being able to recognize beauty.”

“It's a very immersive and intense form of travel to walk around with an interpreter and stop random people on the street and ask them about their lives.”

“In July of 2010, I lost my finance job in Chicago. Instead of updating my resume and looking for a similar job, I decided to forget about money and have a go at something I truly enjoyed. I'd purchased a semi-professional camera earlier that year and spent my free time taking photos in downtown Chicago.”

“If I had sat around and waited until I had an idea to be a successful photographer, I would still be in finance.”

“I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an equally unique perspective on the world as someone who is famous or perhaps more privileged.”

“We're eye doctors.""What's something about the eye that most people don't realize?""The eye doesn't see. The brain sees. The eye just transmits. So what we see isn't only determined by what comes through the eyes. What we see is affected by our memories, our feelings, and by what we've seen before.”

“She had the most beautiful awkwardness”

“There are so many people that use 'following your dreams' as an excuse to not work. When in reality, following your dreams, successfully, is nothing but work.”

“In an age of iPhones and Playstations, it's great to see that somebody's still rocking the bus-on-a-string.”