Jonathan Evison

Maybe a theme that touches all of my work is people reinventing themselves.

I grew up in the Bay Area until 1976, then I pretty much went all the way through primary and high school on Bainbridge, though like anybody who grows up on an island, I ran the first chance I got.

So often when we historicize material, we use this big wide-angle lens.

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.