“People ask me when I start one of these projects, what is your theme? I haven’t the faintest idea. That’s why you’re writing the book, it seems to me, to find out. To me, it’s a journey. It’s an adventure. It’s traveling in a country you’ve never been in and everything is going to be new, and because of that, vivid. And don’t make up your mind too soon. Let it be an experience.”
David McCullough
“They compile it and in August, when we announce the theme, they start looking for some theme-related stuff. So this year there will be some nautical questions and pirate questions.”
Jim Gray
“Mixed use is the theme along U.S. 36. When I first got started here, it was mixed-use prairie dog colonies.”
Chris Phenicie
“It started off as this little joke and ended very grandiose – kind of like the theme from 'The Muppet Show,' – kind of how that was humorous but it was supposed to be very grand at the same time, very operatic, ... When everyone came back, Billie heard it and he was like, 'Oh, my God. That sounds so fun. I want to do one.' So he did one. He connected it to mine. ... We just kept playing musical hot potato.”
Mike Dirnt
“We wanted to give it a hometown theme where local people tell their story through our paintings.”
Dan Modzelewski
“We're changing the theme from welcoming in 2006 to the start of a Giants' run that takes them all the way to the Super Bowl. Let's just say the decorations will be a lot bluer than they would normally be.”
Tim Morgan
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