“I like to mix pieces in my art direction from the '60s or the '40s and...” — Aaron Ruell Quote

“I like to mix pieces in my art direction from the '60s or the '40s and the '90s and present-day stuff. To me, that feels very real. When I go into people's houses, it's not all today.”

“I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director.”

“My introduction to the Madonna Inn came as a young boy when we would take summer vacations to a nearby town. My dad would take us into their gift shop bathroom, which was a huge waterfall that functioned as the men's urinal. So as a kid, this was the most amazing thing I had ever seen.”

“Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges.”

“Nothing stands still. Everything is moving in some direction or another.”

“A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”