"Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and spirit, because the equilibrium state of the cosmos is death."

“You explain right well, and you shew that you understand argument and are not a mere sophist since you accept that which cannot be denied.”

“A picture can be funny and also weep inducing. One cries for many reasons. The state of weeping, for me, is induced by recognition of a rarified level of integration - thinking about what must it have taken to reach that integration.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“In learning the art of storytelling by animation, I have discovered that language has an anatomy.”

“The Bush Administration claims there is a Social Security crisis only to distract Americans from its serious mismanagement of the federal budget.”

“We probably, as primitive people, made music before we actually had a language, and that's where language comes from.”

“Effective engagement is inspired by the empathy that develops simply by being human.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brian Solis from Dec 27, 2014

“I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he's doing - I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give.”

“There are about a dozen of these gardens, more or less extensive, according to the business or wealth of the proprietor; but they are generally smaller than the smallest of our London nurseries.”

Source : Robert Fortune (1847). “Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China: Including a Visit to the Tea, Silk, and Cotton Countries; with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, Etc”, p.141