“Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.” Quote by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
“Polaroid material has the most beautiful quality - the colors on one side, but then the magic moment in witnessing the image to appear. The time stands still and the act of watching the image develop can be shared with the people around you. In the fast world of today it's nice to slow down for a moment. At the same time Polaroid slows time, it also captures a moment which becomes the past so instantly that the decay of time is even more apparent - it gives the image a certain sentimentality or melancholy.” PeopleWorldGivingMomentsTodayPastBeautifulQualityNiceMagicMelancholySlow DownSentimentality Author:Stefanie Schneider
“California always had been a dream to me. I guess growing up in the 70s with movies like Vanishing Point, The Getaway, and Badlands formed the need for me to leave Germany for California. I'd never even visited before I moved there. When I moved to Los Angeles in 1996 right away I felt at home. Everything was in place and the dream was alive.” HomeDreamGrowing UpMovedLos Angeles Author:Stefanie Schneider
“The bad thing about small-town life is that everybody knows your business...I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.” Obsession Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“If you DJ reality, that is, if you make a mash-up of actual reality, you're going to end up with something that inevitably people will say, "This is feminist." Because you cannot avoid that.” PeopleRealityFeminist Author:Margaret Atwood
“Just as if you do a mash-up of reality from the point of view of African Americans in this country, you're going to end up with something that will say, "This is Black Lives Matter." It's not that people necessarily have started out from that premise. But if you're looking at reality, that will be the result because that is reality.” PeopleCountryRealityBlackPoint Of ViewAfrican American Author:Margaret Atwood
“Keep the faith. Whatever that may be. Don't get too depressed yet, because I have a belief in America being very diverse and ornery, and containing a lot of people who are not going to roll over very easily for a totalitarian dictatorship. That is what I think.” PeopleThinkingBeliefDiverseDictatorship Author:Margaret Atwood
“Often I combine many sources to create one painting, so it is not usually one particular experience or moment that leads to its creation. I think most artists are just open nets and catch all sorts of inspiration along the way of our daily lives, and that all comes to together in strange and different ways in the studio.” ThinkingDifferentMomentsInspirationTogetherArtistCreationStrangePaintingDaily Life Author:Rosson Crow
“My process of working is not really that unique. I like to paint during the day, and block out large chunks of time with which to work. I prefer to work on a painting in a few swift passes, and not fuss over it. I think that the work needs to have an energy to it that can't be accomplished if one is adding a few strokes everyday. Once a piece is done, I don't work on it anymore. I hate fussy.” ThinkingDoneHateEnergyPaintingUniqueI HatePaintEverydayBlockAccomplishedOver It Author:Rosson Crow
“I want the viewer to be overwhelmed. I want the space to feel like it is caving in on the viewer and that they are forcibly entering the world of my paintings. I want there to be a feeling of overpowering decadence to the work, that is almost too much to take. I don't want them to be subtle.” WorldFeelingsPaintingOverwhelmed Author:Rosson Crow
“My scrapbook albums are about capturing and saving the everyday joys of my whole family. In fact, in lots of ways, it's every bit as important to get the pets we love into an album or something that's going to keep them with us forever. There's not a pet owner out there who hasn't felt the loss of a treasured friend. An album lets us hold onto the good times. I've seen some incredible, touching, adorable books put together for pets - because clearly they deserve it. These are unconditional, lifelong friends.” ImportantBookTogetherJoyLossForeverDeserveEverydayIncrediblesPetGood TimesTouchingUnconditionalLifelongAdorable Author:Nancy O'Dell