Tin Cans

Brian Andreas Artist

"My grandma used to plant tomato seedlings in tin cans from tomato sauce & puree & crushed tomatoes she got from the Italian restaurant by her house, but she always soaked the labels off first. I don't want them to be anxious about the future, she said. It's not healthy."

David Bowie Musician, Actor

"For here Am I sitting in a tin can, Far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, And there's nothing I can do."

Elbert Hubbard Writer, Publisher

"The path of civilization is paved with tin cans."

Harper Lee Novelist

"I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird."