I like that there's very little mystery in how the artwork is actually made. It's the labor and the focus and the precision that drives it to the next level.

I soon realized that I didn't have a great passion for academia and I didn't like sitting in front of the computer all day. I would much prefer to be a carpenter.

I have very simple tastes really. I like to ride my bicycle and I like to spend time upstate where it's quiet and I can take time to think and dream about new projects and possibilities.

I think that I the biggest thing that I need is more creative time. More time to make mistakes.

The biggest problem that I see that young artists have is they aren't willing to fail. And unless you fail a lot, I think it's difficult to find a voice that shouts above the crowds.

While I've lived in cities for most of my adult life, I really prefer the quiet, boring, mundanity of the country. It's the best place for me to work, think, and invent.

You can tell when women have a sensibility about, or a sense of bravery or a sense of understanding about their personal style that's outside of what you see from a magazine.

As americans I think it's harder for us to have a relationship with opera because the access to it is so limited.

Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing.

You can walk in the light by faith.

They wanted to help me with my pain.

Those who do not care, escape the anguish of mourning but never know the delights of love. The meaning of life forever eludes them.

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.

What we're losing culturally the fastest, aside from natural resources and oil and the idea of democracy and social justice, is the ability to concentrate.

Madness is not a consequence of uncertainty but of certainty.

Our society pushes "family" because once people have families, the chance of becoming active lessens.

The USA should invade the USA and win the hearts and minds of the population by building roads, bridges and putting locals to work.

The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.