Freedom gives us power.

Freedom does not depend on anything.

We all look for the same things but try different methods.

Freedom is control.

The creation is everything no matter what we do.

There are no ideal solutions.

Nowadays the value of interdisciplinary knowledge is unbelievably huge.

The idea that education is an important part of your free time must take root in your mind.

Unfortunately, in most of educational environments curiosity tends to be simply shut down as unnecessary.

We all actually enjoy solving problems. It's our natural gift.

You can imagine one thing but your heritage will turn out to be a totally different thing.

You should always behave as if someone is taking a picture of you. And you should always write keeping in mind that it will be read.

The most important thing is life itself not art.

Art is above all. Artwork is what's left behind after we die.

Heritage is a very romantic concept generally.

Our heritage is what we get and what we give as a result.

The 'Summer of the Gun' and war photographers, and those guys -it's kind of idealized to think that my work is going to have an effect because it didn't have an effect on the crime rate, it didn't have an effect on the way the police treat the residents. But what it did was, I think, it made other communities aware of actually what was really going on in their city. They chose to look at it in the paper, as opposed to turning it off on the news. That awareness is a first step, I think, in at least you acknowledge the fact that you live in Canton -relatively safe- or Fells Point, or Federal Hill, or Butcher's Hill, and this is going on literally down the street from you.

I tell my students: I don't take sides, I take photographs. So, gang member, passerby -I don't judge. That's not for me to do. I'm there to record and to interact.

When you're out being a photojournalist, it's very important to keep the human aspect in mind and not just be an observer. You're there to observe -it's a very fine line- you're there to observe, but you're also there to be a human being first.

If you want to be a good photojournalist, you have to care. Don't buy into that 'we don't help people, you have to stay outside the situation.'

If you want to get into photojournalism, nowadays, you really have to come up with an idea and a series, or a story to sell to a publication.

The future of photojournalism is project-based.

It's fun to learn things that aren't helpful.

El porqué hago las cosas, es más importante para mi motivación y para mi éxito que el «para qué» las hago

Take a chance on how awesome people can be.