Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.

We used to have lots of questions to which there were no answers. Now, with the computer, there are lots of answers to which we haven't thought up questions.

A diplomat these days is nothing but a head waiter who's allowed to sit down occasionally.

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.

Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

Robert Vavra is one of these artists, part magician, part alchemist, who is able to create a series of photographs in unforgettable compositions. Only visible are the dunes, the blinding fields of flowers and the vast sky, the epic intimacy of Robert Vavra's vision.