“Sometimes you do things without knowing the plan or how many cameras. You serve the camera - that's the big difference.” Quote by Tahar Rahim
“If you know what you want and you hire people that can do it, there's no reason it should be arduous and torturous. I wanted everyone to enjoy themselves on my set and want to be there, to take ownership of it and pitch ideas to me and know that this is their flick.” PeopleReasonEnjoyOwnership Author:Jay Baruchel
“I do feel the weight of being the steward of the greatest sport the world ever came up with. I grew up with a love and admiration for it, so I feel an obligation to portray it as electric and terrifying and exciting and beautiful, and all these sometimes contradicting things that make hockey what it is.” WorldSometimesBeautifulSportsExcitingObligationAdmirationHockeyElectricContradicting Author:Jay Baruchel
“Publishing magazines costs a lot of money and people don't read magazines anymore, they're all captivated by Instagram. I have to reinvent myself every season to keep the interest of the reader. Twenty-five years later, my mission is the same: Captivating the readers, not flattering the industry.” PeopleInterestPublishingFlatteringCaptivating Author:Olivier Zahm
“Sven Schumann did an interview with photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in Berlin addressing the question: What is photography today when everyone is a photographer? These kinds of questions and answers you find in a magazine, on paper and not on Instagram. For me this is the essence of a magazine - it's questioning what's going on today and celebrating true creativity without compromise.” KindTodayCreativityPhotographyPhotographerCompromiseCelebrateQuestioning Author:Olivier Zahm
“I consider that sex is part of life as much as architecture, fashion, art or food. Sex is life, simple. And I refuse to consider that sex should be hidden. When you hide sex, problems start because sex becomes dangerous.” ArtProblemSimpleFashionDangerousArt IsArchitectureSimple Life Author:Olivier Zahm
“The reason I introduced sex - or erotic imagery - to Purple is not only because I don't want sex to be hidden but because also I consider it as an extension of fashion, the way the body expresses seduction and beauty. It's very artificial to put sex in a ghetto. Plus, sex sells.” ReasonFashionSeductionImageryGhetto Author:Olivier Zahm
“You don't understand, photography is not about getting the right picture, it's about documenting your everyday life.” PhotographyEverydayEveryday Life Author:Olivier Zahm
“There are so many possibilities around what a magazine should be today. I still believe in the printed object because, for me, print is memory. This is my main message for this 25th anniversary issue.” BelieveTodayMemoriesPossibilityPrintPrintedI Still Believe Author:Olivier Zahm
“For me, the Internet is the opposite of memory; the Internet is amnesia, it's about today and tomorrow is another day. Printed issues are about recording time, leaving a trace and making it relevant.” TodayMemoriesInternetTomorrowLeavingRelevantPrintedAmnesia Author:Olivier Zahm
“Politics, in my judgment, has become not just the means to a policy ends, but it's become the end itself. Politics has become the sport that we all watch, and we all pay attention to.” MeanSportsAttentionPolicyJudgmentPay Attention Author:Jeh Johnson