CHRISTAN SUMMERS AND ANDRE MACK

 

 

A conversation on getting your hands dirty.

Christan Summers is the founder of Tula, Plants & Design, a plant shop and mobile truck in Bushwick, Brooklyn inspiring city dwellers to fall in love with the natural world. Andre Mack is a sommelier and the owner and founder of Mouton Noir Wines.

Theme music composed and performed by Henry Lyons.

Illustration by Grace Hauck

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NOTABLE QUOTES

 

 

ON STANDARDS

You should always set the bar high because it’s your vision… but that goes awry when you’re nasty to people in order to maintain your standards.

- Andre Mack

 

 

ON MEANING IN WORK

I wanted to get my hands dirty again. I wanted to feel like I was working, not sitting in front of a computer and typing away all day long. That’s not what we’re made for. We’re made for labor and work.

- Christan Summers

 

 

ON PERSPECTIVE

I could die today. And that’s it. So I’m going to say what I need to say.

- Andre Mack

 

 

ON CURIOSITY

There are many people that go the distance because they continue just to be curious. A lot of greatness is very much partnered and paired with a level of curiosity, and how many questions you continue to ask.

- Christan Summers

 

 

ON BALANCING PERSONAL AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

My wife and I share the same vision. Relationships tend to falter or stumble over themselves when both people aren’t doing what they love.

- Andre Mack