“I wanted to use the camera to celebrate the relationship between humans and nature. And that was a perfect motivation to get myself started. But as my understanding of the art form deepened, I realized that a lot of people have been using the camera over time to celebrate the relationship between humans and nature.”
“When I’m trying to decide which direction of research we should go to as a lab, I always ask myself, ‘What are the most important problems that humankind are facing?’”
“Racism in America is endemic, bruh. We can mark the creation of this country not on July 4th, 1776 but August 20th, 1619, when the first kidnapped American was brought to this country against his will in bondage as a slave and built the greatness and wealth that neither he nor his descendants would be able to participate in and enjoy.”
“In 2017, I thought about transitioning out of comedy, but then I started to feel a bit better and do some comedy. I wrote new jokes and they were different, and I was encouraged by a quote of Samuel Beckett’s: ‘Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.’”
In the beginning of Boston College’s 2018-19 academic year, MCAS welcomed nine new professors—meet the new faces of Arts and Sciences and hear about their past year on the Heights.
“I wasn’t scared. I think I was just curious as to why certain people commit certain crimes, like how do you get to that point? How do you do it knowing the consequences? Or perhaps you don’t understand the full extent of the consequences.”
“I think that the more you travel the more you realize that people everywhere are pretty much the same,” Costa said. “Outside of, you know, basic cultural differences, most people care about family, people care about food, especially in Middle Eastern culture.”
“They use this experience as a springboard for something they became very interested in. My idea of the program is to get students to get out of our bubble, to travel, to see another culture with its social issues and get some personal insights into the issue and bring that in a powerful visual form back to BC.”
“Instead of asking someone for their Snapchat or Instagram, or whatever platform they have, you can get your information with one clean phrase, ‘What’s your Duffeltag?’ [and smooth] out the awkwardness of connecting with people.”
“I was more of a strategist and wanted to interact with people, rather than being confined to behind my computer screen. … I really appreciate human interaction. I love having really deep, intimate conversations in person.”
