i often try to figure out what is going on, how does he do it? i think this has something to do with his visceral response to the subject, be it furniture, work of art or a photograph of weeping women. he is all empathy and then he proceeds to use his intelligence and craft to manifest these feelings for the viewer, to give them a visual presence.
—american graphic designer louis danziger on monguzzi's work, los angeles 1998