"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train."

“The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”

“Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.”

“It is better to be killed than frightened to death.”

“Art and culture are nonetheless vital, essential even, to what it means to be human, yet digital abundance has diminished our sense of their worth.”

Source : Astra Taylor (2014). “The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”, p.132, Macmillan

“I suppose everybody must be always just a little homesick.”

“It comes with it, this is my work and all the media thing is just a big bonus for me. I'm just enjoying being in the spotlight right now so it's not a big deal for me.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

“I've put out kind of a lot of albums and people seem to like it and the crowds keep getting bigger and bigger, so I think maybe I could make a life out of it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which appear careless, and in every respect unfinished; but they are truly valuable... they give the idea of a whole.”