Quotes Magazine

30/05/2023

A lot and a little has changed in Space and in Prof. Henk Hoekstra’s work since our last interview 8 years ago. Discover his thoughts on the future of cosmology and the place of humans in Space (yes, we are still not built for that): https://bit.ly/3C3mfh0

Find out more about his work as part of the team behind the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Euclid at SHAPESHIFT Festival / 2-4 June / NATFA “KRASTYO SARAFOV”. He will dive deep into cosmology and forward-thinking during his lecture on 3 June and his workshop on 4 June. Learn more and get your ticket here: https://shapeshiftfestival.com/

06/01/2023

OpenForests is a company that implements the best of technology for the good of forests worldwide. Patrick Ribeiro is its founder with whom we discuss hot topics such as how does one find a sustainable company that really makes a difference, greenwashing and what we should do now, so we can have a „later”. Read more in our latest interview: bit.ly/3ZbfBjf

09/09/2022

Tomislav Šoban is a filmmaker and President of Kinoklub Zagreb — the oldest amateur film club in Southeast Europe. Joined by Petra Belc, Head of Heritage, he tells us more about the story of the cinema club, the importance of amateur cinema and how it helps expand the horizon of what film could be: https://bit.ly/3L0Ptkc

Illustration: Victoria Nikolova (instagram.com/pllik/)

05/01/2022

While most kids were busy playing with toys and dolls, Tsvetana Nedeva was at home imagining a colourful world of her own. Years later, her work has come to prove that in the right hands scissors and paper can do a lot more than settle disputes on the playground. Learn more about the artist’s paper worlds and the spark of inspiration behind them: https://bit.ly/3JEQptu 🔥📃✂️

11/11/2021

After a racing season full of surprises Stefan Bostandjiev and his team Overdrive Racing finished the ADAC GT4 Germany championship with a performance to remember, reaching the 2nd place in the Junior league. Read more about what motivates the young driver and what it means to be a part of the first entirely Bulgarian racing team.

Stefan Bostandjiev On the road to success Illustrations by: Nickola Nickolov When he first got to a kart track Stefan Bostandjiev had no idea of where this fun endeavour would take him. Now, he is part of the first fully Bulgarian racing team Overdrive Racing and is making his debut in the prof...

31/08/2021

Sometimes all it takes to find your way is passion and determination. Read our latest interview with professional racing driver Stefan Bostandjiev and find out what it takes to make your debut in the racing world: https://bit.ly/3ywLDr2

06/07/2021

While footballers were busy playing their game, Pascal Claude was busy playing and collecting the music inspired by it. Read more about his excessive collection of wonderful and wonderfully weird football records and vinyl covers, collected over the years: bit.ly/3qWrFUD

29/04/2021

Marice Cumber believes that being homeless and being hopeless don’t actually go hand in hand. Read our latest interview to learn how she helps homeless people find shelter in creativity and how she initiated The Book of Homelessness — the first ever graphic novel created by people without a home: https://bit.ly/3xC4rWH

05/02/2021

Unlike most of us, Donald Niebyl likes to take a walk in the past — for the last 5 years he’s been exploring the vast region of ex-Yugoslavia in order to collect scattered information about its fascinating brutalist monuments. The goal? To create an online archive that keeps the past safe and sound.

Read more about his project and adventures in our latest interview: https://bit.ly/3rkSKQc

18/12/2020

Iara Lee: Activist & Filmmaker has dedicated her life to proving that art can inspire positive change and that every artist can be a tool for social justice.

Read our newest interview to find out more about her challenges, experiences and travels across the globe, worthy of a film themselves: https://bit.ly/2LFJG96

20/11/2020

Some might say that the only way to be successful in skateboarding is by becoming a pro. Well, Dirk Vogel made it otherwise — by writing two iconic books, documenting the history of skate brands and shoes. Read more in our newest interview: https://bit.ly/36ZFWGK

13/10/2020

Reading the signs of the Earth can easily turn it into an open book for the careful observer. That’s what we learn from Third Eye Co.'s Johnny and Taylor, a crystal hunting couple in search of treasure — an internal and external one. Read more in our latest interview:
https://quotesmagazine.com/third-eye-co/

01/09/2020

Being occasionally locked up in an apartment during the pandemic makes us crave nature more than ever. That’s why we go back to the Luso-Brazilian urban gardeners that helped us remember our roots by showing us how to grow roots. On rooftops. Read more: https://bit.ly/2Esrgp1

16/06/2020

“Cremona, silent and wounded, was cherished by Lena Yokoyama 横山令奈 Violinist's grace and mastery.”

to our interview with Marino Violins - Eva e Christo Marino-Luthiers, who together created the violin which gives comfort and hope to the people of one of the most affected cities of the pandemic. ➡️ https://bit.ly/3hxuxlJ

Cremona, 4 aprile 2020 Nel tardo pomeriggio di ieri, venerdì 3 aprile, le vie del centro città sono state avvolte dalla musica in un’esperienza unica ed emoz...

24/04/2020

What’s in for healthcare after the coronavirus? We go back to physician Michel Wenger and ask him to once again discuss online health services. He says “the future really depends on society’s appetite for convenience at the cost of data privacy” and a lot more: https://quotesmagazine.com/michel-wenger/

04/11/2019

Working in trend prediction while writing, designing and illustrating her own children’s books, Denitsa Mineva-Deslandes definitely has a perspective on what the future may look like. Read all about it and much more: quotesmagazine.com/denitsa-mineva/

🎨 Illustration by Victoria Nikolova

11/04/2019

The rise of women’s football proves that “You play like a girl” is nothing short of a true compliment. But choosing football as a hobby or profession is still not easy for a female. This is what we learn from Fati, founder of the women’s amateur football team Cacahuètes S***s from Paris, France: quotesmagazine.com/cacahuetes-sluts/

14/01/2019

From working at CNN to working towards helping quality audiovisual content reach children through national TV, Catalina Guzman is really passionate about good television. Being a co-founder of FAN CHILE, she feels “as a part of a generation that doesn’t have the right answers but is asking the right questions”. Read the whole story: quotesmagazine.com/catalina-guzman/

22/11/2018

The fact that music can be therapeutic in hardly any news. What deserves to be in the news, however, is when young people see their life mission in helping others through the power of music. Yana Doynova, a harp teacher for children with disabilities, inspires us to try and think more outside ourselves: now, when Christmas season is here with all the retrospection and self-analysis. Read her heartwarming story here: www.goo.gl/GVA6Ey

07/09/2018

According to the Finnish Education system (and common sense), cooperation works better than competition in preparing children for their school years and life in general. We spoke with Milla Kokko, CEO and co-founder of HEI Schools, who gave us some insight on their primary education model, based on creativity and curiosity, and what role Nordic values play in the project. Read our conversation here: https://quotesmagazine.com/milla-kokko-hei-schools/

17/08/2018

Until virtual reality is not developed enough to satisfy the natural human need of existence in the physical world, snowboarding is hardly endangered. That’s what we learn from professional snowboarder Jesse Paul, who explains what exactly street snowboarding is and how to become really good at it. Read more here: goo.gl/JhFVgy

05/07/2018

Аfter a dog saved his life, now Zach Skow is dedicated to save dogs’ lives in return. Founder of Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue, a non-profit organization helping death row dogs, he manages to take care not only of animals but of humans too. Read more on how the Pawsitive Change Program is connecting rescues with inmates to create a mutual support system: www.quotesmagazine.com/zach-skow

22/05/2018

Who are the most interesting and inspiring people you know? We would love to hear their life experiences, desires and achievements.
If you know someone, whose story is worth sharing, don’t hesitate to contact us here: www.quotesmagazine.com/nominate

26/04/2018

If you need a little motivation to book your next flight, this interview with Wendy Simmons is exactly what you need.
Simmons has been to 85 countries and wrote about some of them in a Huffington Post blog.
Enjoy! http://goo.gl/luZW2e

12/02/2018

Eva and Christo Marino are dedicating their lives — and all the attention to detail a person can possess — to practicing the ancient profession of lutherie. Building and repairing string instruments in the best traditions of Stradivari (and in his city, Cremona, too) is a vocation not a lot of people can take pride in having nowadays. Here we can read their story, in itself feeling like a melody: goo.gl/B5aY3Z

20/11/2017

Tom Maryniak is an artist whose work is destined to embellish walls, literally. He is doing wallpaper design and he is doing it using woodblock printing — a technique quite as interesting as Tom’s concepts themselves. Here he proves that artwork can easily be both utilitarian and worthy of gallery space: goo.gl/qSUuFW

05/10/2017

“Believing in our mantra ‘jump and a net will appear,’ we decided to try a new life where we got to spend more time together”, say Kevin and Tina from Cottage Farm Alino.
If you’ve missed the story on how one can change their busy urban lifestyle for a busy (but freer and more rewarding) rural one, follow the link and learn more about what they do and why they do it.

Kevin and Tina are people who chose to say goodbye to their life in London and build their own cottage farm in Alino, Bulgaria. They are sure that replacing the urban environment with livestock, fruit and vegetables (all grown by them) was the best change they have ever experienced. We, on the other...

27/09/2017

Quotes Мagazine takes a slight generation leap and sees the world of contemporary media (and the world in general) through the eyes of Kristian Radev — a brave young man with a strong interest in journalism and the impressive experience to support it. He surely has a lot to say, so here is a small part of it: goo.gl/LAZoT8

04/09/2017

Dave Chamberlain is the person behind Acoustic Routes — a radio show dedicated to the vast variety and enchanting beauty of traditional folk & acoustic music, especially that from the United Kingdom. Here he is expertly trying to guide us though it while explaining how important it is to not only preserve traditions, but also to create new ones and support up-and-coming artists. Read the whole story: goo.gl/S59ieC

21/08/2017

"I think we’ll always reinvent the past since it’s basically in our nature to thrive on nostalgia. " — Ivo Ivanov, sound designer and founder of Glitchmachines

Ivo Ivanov is a sound designer and founder of Glitchmachines: an experimental audio software and sound effects company. In our conversation with him we find out what is the common ground between music and engineering and what keeps him so busy these days.