“The only things in my life that compatibly exist with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. After eighty years, I scan a long perspective. I think of a mantra of Gaelic origin given me fifty years ago by Ella Young. It echoed everything I believe:

I know that I am one with beauty
And that my comrades are one.
Let our souls be mountains,
Let our spirits be stars
Let our hearts be worlds

–Ansel Adams, An Autobiography