"All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school."

"Photography is more about money now but then so are most things."

"All pictures are unnatural. All pictures are sad because they're about dead people. Paintings you don't think of in a special time or with a specific event. With photos I always think I'm looking at something dead."

"I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men."

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do."

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

"We do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time."