I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me. — Henri Matisse

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! — Ansel Adams

I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences. — Jim Morrison

Nothing is less real than realism . . . Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things. — Geogria O’Keefe

Out of ourselves we can never pass, nor can there be in creation what in the creator was not. — Oscar Wilde, Epigrams: Phrases and Philosophies for use of the young

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilised. — Oscar Wilde, Epigrams: Phrases and Philosophies for use of the young

I need to add more content to test whether or not this alignment grid system works out OK with different sized images. I hope this is enough text for the test.

Kobe hugging Fish after ring # 5

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than knowledge”
by Charles Darwin