“In short, the outlook for surf in Barcelona is

bleak…”

“Eating disorders arecurrently the third most common chronic illness

amongst Spanish youth…”

“ A vegetarian friend became an object of

ridicule when he explained to some Catalans that

prawns had feelings, too. ”

“You can´t just takea three-day course,

you´re painting someone forever...”

“The good thing about the current generation of musicians and audience

is that they don’t let themselves be limited

by labels.”

“The number of foreigners living here has been growing”

 -Bobby Robson

“The idea of tackling racism has not been

seriously embraced by the authorities here...”

“Gradually alcohol consumption

becomes more of a problem than a

pleasure...”

“Going back to university as an adult

gives you a whole new perspective…”

“They keep women’s passports,

they keep women locked up, they

can’t leave”

“I do not all underrate the serverity if the ordeal which lies before us; but I believe our countrymen will show

themselves capable of standing up to it, like the

brave men of Barcelona…”

“It´s always important that the city is loved and

valued and cared for by it´s citizens…”

-Imma Mayol

“We are all poor, looking for work, waiting for

papers. The only rule is one of respect.

You disrespect somebody, you will not have a

place here.”

“A masterpiece of the imaginative and exuberantArt Nouveau that flowered

in early 20th-century Barcelona.”

“...The Raval of the Thirties was full of

whores, pimps, thieves and beggars”

“Traditional fishing zones within three kilometres of land

have all but collapsed”

“Phone numbers and flats with brick walls are

a far cry from the assemblage of sheets of

wood and plastic that constitutes a house lost

deep in the foliage of Montjuïc”