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Remarks by the immortally impish Tom Carroll at a conference at the AAAAs on 04/29/2008.
I had the good fortune of working for Jay Chiat for a long time, and he had a painting by a modern artist over his mantle that said, “That was then; this is now.” And it was kind of how Jay lived his life. Jay had a lot of guts and he always knew when to change. Sometimes he was right, sometimes he was wrong, but he never whined. He always pushed everybody forward. You’d walk into his house and you’d see this painting and it was how he lived his life. And I think it’s a nice thought for us. That was then; this is now. It’s moved in our direction. We should just stop talking about what was and what wasn’t good, and start talking about all the good stuff that’s going on.
You can read the entire transcript here.