"Art is a funny thing. It's a communicative medium. It really is, and it works outside of literature, the movies, stage, it has its own realm. It's like when you say "The Arts," those are all the arts, dance, theater, ballet. So within that set of areas of expression, we have visual art and it is visual and it's about looking at something and seeing it in the light with our eyes, maybe touching it or not touching it, or wanting to touch it, not being able to touch it."

“Football is a game of mistakes. Whoever makes the fewest mistakes wins.”

“I think of my success as a kind of fluke. How else could I possibly think of it? And although it's a banal thing to say, I wrote my book because I was writing my book. At first I didn't know I was writing it, and one of the amazing things that happened as I was putting sentences down on paper is that some of the things that are most sacred and important to me rose to the surface of the prose.”

“Land surveying has been a positive influence on my life, and I'd encourage anyone who hasn't considered it to give it a chance!”

Source : "Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Land Surveyor". Interview with Andy Orin, lifehacker.com. December 10, 2015.

“Illness has always brought me nearer to a state of grace.”

“Many cities end up putting off things because they want to understand everything. They don't understand that innovating is about starting. Taking care of a city is a process that you start, and then give the population space to respond.”

Source : "Quiet revolution". Interview with Tom Phillips, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2008.

“We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories.”

“I can't imagine God not allowing my dog into heaven.”

“In the end, photography for me is just an excuse to get to know the world.”

Source : Interview with Munem Wasif, www.chobimela.org. November 24, 2014.