Press your thumbs together, bend your remaining fingers, and let them meet at your nails. Overlap your thumb and index finger slightly. Combine the less-than symbol with the number 3. Draw a diamond, make a semicircle on the upper left side, and make another semicircle on the upper right side. These various directions all lead to the universal symbol of love, an anatomically incorrect depiction of the heart that has come to represent the center (or heart) of emotion, intuition, and sincerity: Broken heart, follow your heart, I swear. In the body, a well-functioning heart is essential for survival. Some poets and great writers might even argue that love is the sole purpose of life. In all cultures and religions, from science to artistic expression, the heart as a symbol has been ubiquitous for centuries, in both ancient practices and pop art creations. True love, in all its forms, is something to be believed in. The same sentiments expressed in legendary fictional romances from the movies (think Jack and Rose, Westley and Buttercup, Noah and Allie) are also found in real-life examples (Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Jay-Z and Beyoncé). Love is an endless source of inspiration and has arguably been the greatest source of creative expression in history, whether in fashion (Moschino, Saint Laurent), art (Klimt, Leonardo, Koons), or poetry (E.E. Cummings, Pablo Neruda). While love as a feeling may not be tangible or visible, the pages of Heart & Love come closest to capturing this ever-elusive, all-encompassing, life-changing, often fickle, fundamental, and world-consuming emotion.