"How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? "No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media, and for that matter neither the painter nor the draughtsman could ignore photography.""

“I'd like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls.”

“Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't?”

Source : L. J. Smith (2014). “The Vampire Diaries: The Return & The Hunters Collection: The Return: Nightfall, The Return: Shadow Souls, The Return: Midnight, The Hunters: Phantom, The Hunters: Moonsong, The Hunters: Destiny Rising”, p.116, Harper Collins

“The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world.”

Source : Harry Allen Overstreet (1925). “Influencing Human Behavior”

“It seems to me that my lack of faith is not, as I once thought, a triumph of the rational mind, but rather a failure of the imagination - an inability to tolerate mistery.”

“...when we perfect 3-D copiers and they reproduce tissue, we'll have a million Marilyns walking around with no souls...”

“At 14, I discovered girls. At that time, dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship. Only later did I discover that you dance joy. You dance love. You dance dreams.”

“I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.”

“I always want to be the best and if I can't, I don't want to run.”