Michael

“When I'm painting people in clothes I'm always thinking very much of naked people, or animals dressed.”
― Lucian Freud

“Uncle Jihad used to say that what happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of those events affect us. My father and I may have shared numerous experiences, but, as I was constantly finding out, we rarely shared their stories; we din't know how to listen to one another.”
― Rabih Alameddine

“As far as I'm concerned, religion is public transportation I never use.”
― Kamel Daoud

“I preferred an artist who transformed his time, not mirrored it." - reference to Andy Warhol”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids