"Amazingly, my first project at Granta was the Sex issue. Given my own proclivity for the nuances of hedonistic and sexual exploration, partly through art, it was a perfect way to start. I love to interrogate through image - or pose questions through a subversion of said image - and we came up with a visual that caused quite a stir and went on to pick up a Design and Art Direction award."

-- Michael Salu

#Art Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Design Quotes

“Children die every day because millions of us tell ourselves that caring is just as good as doing.”
“The inspiration came suddenly again to surrender to the Mother. It was quite unexpected: And so somehow I made a surrender to the Mother. Then I had an experience of overwhelming love. Waves of love sort of flowed into me.”
“It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.”
“And then he left, and came back, and our lives fell apart, like a well-loved book that youâ€™d read and read again, until one night you picked it up to read yourself to sleep and the binding collapsed, sending dozens of pages spiraling toward the floor.”

Source : Jennifer Weiner (2008). “Good In Bed”, p.147, Simon and Schuster
“Religion: A lot of fanciful ideas inspired by wishful thinking. Science: A lot of logical ideas based on the best evidence available. Which should we have faith in?”
“But a haiku by Buson came into his mind: 'I try to forget this senile love; a chilly autumn shower.' The gloom only grew denser.”
“I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.”
“To appear unambitious amongst the ambitious is to invite loathing or fear. To be in the game, but not playing with intent to win, is to be the enemy.”

Source : Josephine Hart (1991). “Damage: a novel”, Alfred A. Knopf

You may also like:

Ben Lerner
Poet
Cees Nooteboom
Novelist
Diana Athill
Editor
Mark Doty
Poet
Molly Crabapple
Artist