An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to present a finished product.
“Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.”
“People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?”