"My work is a product of my personality but it’s also a construct, and I make lots of decisions when I’m writing – it’s not as if I’m just letting it all out"

"I like the idea of a space where you can come to learn about an artist, hospitality, a neighbourhood, or even just something unexpected. There’s something about that exchange, that layered experience, that feels more authentic"

“I once overheard someone say to an artist whose book I’d designed, “oh, I thought you designed your own books,” and that meant I got it right.”

“My advice to filmmakers was always to view any meeting with an investor as the start of a long-term relationship, not just someone to fill a gap in their budget”

"This obsession with keeping everybody in their box is detrimental to creating electricity and inventing new ways of communicating with each other and doing things"

“There's this emphasis on growth, growth, growth, growth. Small can be very beautiful...I don't think growth should always be the barometer for success”

"The way things are framed by different people says a lot about them - not necessarily in a negative or positive way, but through the way they might 'see' and how they go about capturing 'that' moment"

"Punjabi culture reminds me to stay grounded and have faith in life, which in turn allows me to have faith in myself"

"I really now look for the authentic mishaps, or the surprise lighting of the sun bouncing a certain way, or the models being street-cast and bringing their lives into the work"

"My mother never got to express herself. So it became my duty to become obsessed with women's freedom. I made an entire book about creative women"

"Pop culture has always just been culture. It could mean a really obscure show by an obscure artist, an inscrutable poem next to a politician, and then you flip the page and there's a porn star. It's the tapestry of the lives we live – a mix of high and low"

"I think one of his central themes is the drug of love – that initial hit and then the mess that comes after. I think that's certainly been part of his life"

"Some experiences are not just photo shoots, you’re creating a collaboration that can’t easily be replicated. The pieces just come together"

"These are ideas I come up with at night, and then the next day I turn them into reality...I’ve had experiences in finance, fashion, business, and showcasing creativity, so IRON brings all of this together for me"

"A lot of my art today is looking at invisible histories and making them visible, because if they are neglected for too long, they disappear"

"I like introducing new people to each other through my film-making"

"When you pull a carrot from the earth, the difference in taste between that and one you’ve bought on a supermarket shelf tells you everything. It's sweet. It's utterly carrotty because it's still got its nutrients"

"Lindbergh developed many projects people don’t know about. One of his biggest was interviewing and filming US prisoners on death row"

"Feeling like you're still striving for success or you're trying to get on to the next rung of the ladder is such a driving force"

"With the camera, I could do creatively what a writer or journalist does with a pencil and paper"

"I enjoy the challenge of making the work look beautiful under the unforgiving flash photography of the paparazzi"

"Are you connected, plugged into it, or making it happen? That’s the million-dollar question"

"It is an inexplicable high when you get a tip from a source. I chase that feeling. When you're young, you have all the energy in the world"