"Saying oh my God, I grabbed the car key and went straight down the hill… The fields steeped in Van Gogh's yellow, the tree standing there on its own, the light behind it."
— The Tree on the Village Road
"In a whole lifetime they never once hurt each other, they always loved each other. They grew old together and they died one after the other. May their souls rest in peace."
— My Mother and My Aunt Maviş
"When I showed them my camera and asked may I take a photograph they started laughing. The energy in the air was reflected in my photograph too, I think."
— A Woman Braiding Her Friend's Hair
"Every morning when he woke up, instead of seeing an enormous empty wall, he wanted to see a painting by his wall-painter friend… The bureaucracy wouldn't allow it, the painter didn't give up."
— A Woman Walking Her Dog, and the Wall
"Aral is my most merciless critic. I believe that someone who can do this can take very beautiful photographs himself."
— Galata Tower and Birds