Consolation for artists and intellectuals
"Because it was about a state of mind, I knew that it was something that was going to have me throwing myself against the limits of representation. Translating emotionality and personal experiences into a picture is always going to be hard. "—Katrin Koenning, in our interview about her photography.
"This is the tragedy of wanting to make art out of your own life, or wanting to make your own life out of your art – there is no way out."—Antoine d'Agata, in our interview about his life and photography.
"There’s a lot of people who don’t understand that art is something that’s woven into the fabric of the community to strengthen it. What I’m doing is feeding, or nurturing the community’s souls. Helping spirits who need it."—Lake Montgomery, in our interview about singing-songwriting
The white of a canvas invites color, to the extent that white doesn’t appear so much as a color as it does a sign of incompleteness. It serves so well as a starting point that it’s hard to remember that white is even a color. Yet, it is a color. Many, in fact.
"It’s very difficult to be free. For society, a free person is not good because a free person has doubts, a free person has questions – very important questions – and these very important questions necessitate time, and after this, he will act."—Pierre Liebaert, in our interview about his photo series Free Now.