1312This is the excellent Stevyn Colgan, a man of very many talents who is an author, illustrator and contributor to the UK television show QI among other things. As for his SOTM, he said it came from his art teacher in school, who “of all the teachers I had was the one who understood me”.

Our subject goes on to explain in his audio clip that this quote has stuck in his head “because it’s so easy to tail off and get told by rules and regulations what you can and can’t do. This quote always encouraged me to push myself and try and do new things.”

Taken near Oxford Circus, London, with the help of the city’s bicycle hire scheme.