"Today the fate of humankind is even more crucially linked than ever before. The boundaries between the problems of 'others' and 'our' problems are being increasingly erased."

“Many patients cannot hear until they feel heard.”

“Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it’s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brain….Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. ‘PLEASURE???? I said.’ ‘I don’t understand the question.’ I didn’t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.”

“There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities.”

“If your dream requires patience, give it.”

“My most favourite gigs that ever happened were solo, before The Monkees ever happened.”

“To me it is no mystery that we can only photograph effectively what we are truly interested in or-maybe more importantly-are grappling with. Often unconsciously. Otherwise the photographs are merely about an idea or a concept-that stuff eventually falls flat for me-there must be something more, some emotional hook for it to really work for me.”

Source : "A conversation with Todd Hido". Interview with Joerg Colberg, jmcolberg.com. June 18, 2007.

“My wife says when I go out to the refrigerator, I do three minutes (entertaining) when the light goes on!”

“(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.”