“I have no arguments to defend how brutal and disturbing a ritual the c...” — Brin-Jonathan Butler Quote

“I have no arguments to defend how brutal and disturbing a ritual the corrida is. Like all tragedies, no matter the beauty created, there are no happy endings. If it is indeed an art form, bullfighting is the most disturbing I have ever witnessed.”

“On the flight over to the Gulf of Mexico, I wondered about how they say you can never go home again, but maybe an equally expensive reality is how many people, regardless of how many years or miles they put between themselves and where they were born, are never truly able to leave home.”

“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

“Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.”

“There are centuries worth of conditioning telling us that the thing that gives women status or importance is beauty.”