A good pickpocket isn’t afraid of intimacy.

Pickpocket is a sink-or-swim profession, not something that can be taught in the comfort of your living room.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.

I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.

Injustice results as much from treating unequals equally as from treating equals unequally.

Whatever you put your attention on becomes energized. Whatever you take your attention away from dwindles

Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden placed, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrivalled love In blissful solitude.

We [ with Ewan McGregor] decided exactly what we would do at every moment, what the texture would be.

Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.

Never buy anything that eats while you sleep.