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“There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!”
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“Inherent in mourning is celebration. Mourning without celebration or some form of acceptance leaves you stuck.”
Source : "Laughing at something is a form of accepting it, or at least making peace with it". Interview with Chris Cobb, logger.believermag.com. September 19, 2014.
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“When I got married, my mother was very surprised. She said: 'What on earth is going on? I thought you were gay?”
Source : "He'll turn his hand to anything". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2002.
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“When you are gripped by fear in the face of an experience that will take you beyond your comfort zone, you may be at a point of supreme opportunity. You can either break down or break through.”
Source : Robert Moss (2011). “Active Dreaming: Journeying Beyond Self-Limitation to a Life of Wild Freedom”, p.177, New World Library
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“Fashion is a vampiric thing, it's the hoover on your brain. That's why I wear the hats, to keep everyone away from me. They say, 'Oh, can I kiss you?' I say, 'No, thank you very much. That's why I've worn the hat. Goodbye.' I don't want to be kissed by all and sundry. I want to be kissed by the people I love.”
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“Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“You've touched people and known it. You've touched people and never may know it. Either way, you have something to give. It is in giving to one another that each of our lives becomes meaningful.”
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“Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those”