NITCH

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Saul Steinberg // "I am among the few who continue to draw after childhood is ended, continuing and perfecting childhood drawing...without the interruption of academic training."

Photo of Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling // "If you want to give anything worthwhile of yourself, you have to feel completely exposed."

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José Mujica // "This is what I want people to understand: You can always pick yourself up again. It's always worth it, one time or a thousand times, as long as you are alive."

Photo of Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson // "There's as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe."

Photo of Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson // "No one wants to get up at 4 am and run when it's pitch dark, but it has to be done. And the only reason why I do it so early is because I believe that the other guy isn't doing it and it gives me a little edge."

Photo of José Saramago

José Saramago // "Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in one's eyes."

Photo of Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton // "I hate good taste. It's the worst thing that can happen to a creative person."

Photo of Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais // "The best advice I've ever received is: No one else knows what they're doing either."

Photo of Keith Haring

Keith Haring // "In every culture, people have attempted to depict their world as they see it and feel it. Images have been drawn, scratched, sprayed, carved, baked or painted in whatever materials were available to that culture at that particular time... It is part of mankind's way of reaffirming and celebrating its existence."

Photo of Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard // "Spend it all, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place...give it, give it all, give it now. Something more will arise for later, something better."

Photo of Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag // "Do stuff...not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead."

Photo of Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis // "When I was...in high school, all my teachers and advisors said: 'Don't major in music because it's too difficult to make a living. You need a 'real' profession to fall back on when the dream dies...' When I talked to my father...he said: 'Make sure you don't have anything to fall back on...because you will. This is not for the faint of heart.'"