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"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
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"Its not your fault for not being there.Its my fault for thinking you would be."

"All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile."

"I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role."

"You know what's the worst? Having realistic, ordinary expectations taken out of your reach by seemingly unrealistic, extraordinary circumstances."

"Can't even feel dissapointed when seeingheaven ain't as wonderful as ever expected."

"Yet there is disappointment in Washington and in the United States that Canada is not supporting us fully."

"What I'm saying... I hate it when people let me down, when things are temporary."

"I got so I was really just sick of sculpture."

"What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done."

"When I left Van Halen, I went in the studio and made a CD called Marching to Mars with all studio musicians. I did it immediately. With the disappointment riding on my shoulders of the breakup of the band."
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"I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express the soul, perhaps a photograph can!"

"There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit."

"Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."

"Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit."

"When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence."

"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit."

"In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice."
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