David Furnish

When you get the high art of William Shakespeare and the greatest love story ever told, and you collision crash it with the low art of the tacky garden gnome, you're going to have lots and lots of opportunity for fun and putting your tongue very firmly in your cheek. ”

I gravitate toward contemporary art. I love great paintings, sculpture, photography, some video art. ”

I think if we could just level the playing field in life as much as possible, then we'd all be in a much better place. ”

People go forward in life. Bitterness and grudges and resentments only poison it. ”

Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing. ”

We all live by example. ”

I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents - that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough - that you can make your dreams come true. ”

I'm a great pop culture lover, and I'm not a snob. ”

When 1.2 million people come together for Pride in Toronto, that's great, but we now need to start paying it forward and thinking about the rest of the world. ”

I think if you have an opportunity to live by example and make people aware of positive changes in our society, I think it's a great thing. ”