“It’s not the quality of the film that matters, it’s the idea.” - Ralph Bakshi

“Through making films we learn who we are and what we have to offer. What we do might not be rocket science, we might not be saving lives, but we are changing them one conversation at a time.” - Darious Britt

“Art doesn’t exist to be pretty or monumental or preservationist, it exists to ask future generations a very specific question: ‘Here’s what we were, what are we now?’” - Mariana Colin

“I’m amazed when someone sees the sculpture inside a rock while the rest of us just see a rock. I say 'hell yes' to the architects who imagine the spaces we will one day live in. And a round of applause for the stylist who sees what hair to cut to make me look respectable for a couple of weeks. I bow low and fast in the direction of those who paint amazing things on the ceilings of chapels, make life-changing movies, or deliver a stand-up routine that recognizes the humor in the mundane. What all those artists have in common is that they point out things that were always there, always dotting the sky. Now we can take it in and live what we missed.” - Ben Folds

“I don’t want to work on stuff I don’t like.” - Shigesato Itoi

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” - Steve Jobs

“At times, the joy that life attacks me with is unbearable and leads to gasping hysterical laughter. I find myself completely out of control and wonder how life could surprise me again and again and again, so completely. How could a man be a cynic? It is a sin.” - Norm Macdonald