Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 492

"I had this idea to make a portrait, and instead of filling it...

"I had this idea to make a portrait, and instead of filling it in with physical features, I filled it in with the verbs that each body part can do."

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"

“Stay sucker free.”

“Suckers?”

“Yeah, suckers. People who are always getting into trouble. You gotta stay sucker free.”

"My dad is big and strong and lifts the heavy weights at the...

"My dad is big and strong and lifts the heavy weights at the gym. He also is a fireman and he once saved eleven people."

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"

“Be optimistic.”

“When did you have the toughest time being optimistic?”

“Two months ago, when I got diagnosed with prostate cancer.”

“What was your initial response?”

“Depression, anxiety, fear. They caught it pretty late. Hopefully not too late, but late. There were times when I was walking down the street and I wished that I could just get shot or hit by a bus. My father died of prostate cancer when I was twelve, so you know, I assumed that was it for me.”

“So how’d you get past those feelings?”

“By going to work every day. And having a drink every night.”

"We’re working through some things." “What kind of...

"We’re working through some things."

“What kind of things?”

“Little things.”

“What kind of little things?”

“Like when your girlfriend calls during the fourth quarter of a football game, and you say that you’re gonna call back when the game is over, you can’t forget to call back when the game is over.”

Today in microfashion…

Today in microfashion…

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Try your best to deal with life without medicating yourself."
"You mean drugs?"
"I mean drugs, food, shopping, money, whatever. I ain’t judging anybody, either. I was hooked on heroin for years. But now I’ve learned that every feeling will pass if you give it time. And if you learn to deal with your feelings, they’ll pass by faster each time. So don’t rush to cover them up by medicating them. You’ve got to deal with them."

"We go to the same church."

"We go to the same church."

"Two of my friends committed suicide in a four month span. So I...

"Two of my friends committed suicide in a four month span. So I packed my bags and moved to the city, where I ran out of money, then got hit by a bus. Sometimes God slows you down. Sometimes he pumps the brakes."

"I’m a Godly man."

"I’m a Godly man."