"Necessity knows no rules."

-- August Strindberg

“When I think of the people I've worked with, all of them have great passion, and the passion is what keeps people inspired.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Without the imaginative insight which goes with creative literature, history cannot be intelligibly written.”
“Materialism has cast man into such depths that a mighty concentration of forces is necessary to raise him again. He is subject to illnesses of the nervous system which are veritable epidemics of the life of the soul.”
“You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.”
“In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year.”
“My working hours are not that conventional. I often get up about two in the morning and do a painting, and then I'll have a bath, and then I often feel very hungry around 4am, so I'll go into Soho and have a meal somewhere like Balans. That's what I love about living here - there's always life around me.”

Source : "My Home: Stella Vine, Artist" by Tessa Williams-Akoto, www.independent.co.uk. November 30, 2005.
“If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six days, they'd have to bring out the tanks to control you.”
“I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.”

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