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I found this quote in Joyce's (beeblecat) profile and I'm adding it here because it expresses something I've felt deep inside of me for almost all my life without being able to explain it so clearly:
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." -Anatole France

And here is another one that possibly helps to understand my lifelong obsession with photography and paintings:

"There are days when simply seeing feels like happiness itself. You feel so rich, the elation seems almost excessive and you want to share it."
Robert Doisneau

This expresses something of what I've felt for almost all of my life (54 years now in 2005). I can't remember a time in my life when colours and light didn't fascinate me.