"The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them."

“Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable.”

“I had whale tartare when I was in Japan, but I probably wouldn't have it again.”

“Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.”

“The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus.”

“My mind's my kingdom.”

“Before the Conquest all art was of the people, and popular art has never ceased to exist in Mexico. The art called popular is fugitive in character, with less of the impersonal and intellectual characteristics of the schools. It is the work of talent nourished by personal experience and that of the community - rather than being taken from the experiences of painters in other times and other cultures.”

Source : Manuel Álvarez Bravo, A. D. Coleman (1987). “Manuel Álvarez Bravo”, Aperture

“Let me tell you, if your marriage is in trouble, skip the therapist and find a psycho. Nothing brings people together faster.”

“I'm interested in how we define things by how we choose to observe them, and how everywhere in our lives, and in every moment we experience, there are forces at work that we don't fully understand. Couple this curiosity with a love of portraiture painting, and that's how this project was born.”

Source : "Locating Loss with Oliver Jeffers". Interview with Angela Ledgerwood, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 20, 2014.