"The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who’s going to stop me."
Ayn Rand
"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent."
Jim Jarmusch
"Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind and emotions."
Will Smith
Francisco Ribalta, The Soul in Pain, c. 1605-10
