Small: Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters
"Well, the first thing is that I love monsters, I identify with monsters"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: Id grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing
"I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm
"I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly
"When I was a teenager there was no video in my country. Betamax came to Mexico very slowly"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
"I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devils Backbone and The Six
"But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling"
Guillermo del Toro, Director
Small: There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far
Frida Kahlo
"There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without a
Frida Kahlo
"The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: Painting completed my life
Frida Kahlo
"Painting completed my life"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: My painting carries with it the message of pain
Frida Kahlo
"My painting carries with it the message of pain"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and
Frida Kahlo
"I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes t
Frida Kahlo
"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality
Frida Kahlo
"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: I love you more than my own skin
Frida Kahlo
"I love you more than my own skin"
Frida Kahlo, Painter
Small: So, you know, I always say that Im a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, Id be a citizen o
"So, you know, I always say that I'm a Mexican, but if I had to be a citizen of anywhere else, I'd be a citizen of Manhattan. I feel very much a New Yorker"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: Im an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places
"I'm an efficient, good, professional reporter. But I also write. And so what I try to do is write about places that I know that I care about intensely and write about them in a way that conveys the fact that I care"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy
"A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: There is no point to samba if it doesnt make you smile
"There is no point to samba if it doesn't make you smile"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if
"I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: I may not have a practical mind, but its very fixated on concrete things. I like detail
"I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory i
"Well, one of the things I discovered in the course of looking back and writing about what I saw in my memory is that I was a closely observant person long before I became a reporter"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as fa
"Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?
"What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking
"I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language
"One does, after all, take on many of the givens of a society when one takes on its language"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: If youre going to be a myth or want to be a myth, youd better die young
"If you're going to be a myth or want to be a myth, you'd better die young"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring
"You know, one, two, three, four, five years go by and then Marcos gets a little boring"
Alma Guillermoprieto, Journalist
Small: I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery
"I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience
"My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpow
"It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all
"Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and wh
"Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human
"Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human"
Luis Barragan, Architect
Small: Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology
"Well Microsoft really does develop some really interesting technology"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: All of our code is open source, so it can be used for other projects
"All of our code is open source, so it can be used for other projects"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone elses patent
"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there
"Not to go too far, but Microsoft is probably used by most people out there"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent
"In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: Ive never worked with the Java community
"I've never worked with the Java community"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist
Small: We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some o
"We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them"
Miguel de Icaza, Scientist