A first ascent is a creation in the same sense as is a painting or a song

Before the deed comes the thought. Before the achievement comes the dream. Every mountain we climb, we first climb in our mind.

Instead of the god of security, we bow to the greater god of freedom, the freedom to take risks and master danger in order to be intensely alive.

Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us give half of ourselves-it demands all of us. It demands our best.

With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.

Better we raise our skill than lower the climb

A simple equation exists between freedom and numbers: the more people, the less freedom.

The rock is a field of battle between our weakness and our strength.

If you want to make room for something new, you must let go of something old that no longer serves you.

I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of the Perpetual Astonishment

The end goal is to get everybody chipped, to control the whole society, to have the bankers and the elite people control the world.

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.

I don't watch scary movies. Sometimes, even having to read the script and do an episode of 'Grimm', I get a little tense because I know someone's going to jump out of somewhere.

Favorite color: I hate colors.

I always try and do everything I can to the best of my abilities, single aspect has to be perfect.

I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

We are sculptors finding ourselves in the evolution of choosing, not in the results of choice.