"You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
"I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world. I wanted to show a more poetic side to my work. It was all about... a feeling of sadness, but in a cinematic kind of way. I find beauty in melancholy."
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Source: Dressed To Thrill by Judith Thurman, www.newyorker.com. May 16, 2011.
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