My work is inspired by my passion for human rights issues and the environment, and by my love of family, music and nature.

Fear and prejudice put up a terrible fight when they sense change coming.

The difference between where you are now and where you will get to later defines your range of work which you have to be responsible for.

He can smell his cologne, his shampoo, and something else -- he can smell the boy's own scent, something bittersweet.

Growing up, my parents treated my brother and me with absolute equality.

The pattern of the prodigal is: rebellion, ruin, repentance, reconciliation, restoration.

The world has never had a greater need for enlightened women and men.

To a great night, a great Lanthorne.

Men make their own history but not in circumstances of their own choosing.

I ask my children (all of them) to be what they want to be; just be the best they can at what they choose.

The Canadian painter A. Y. Jackson noted that 'failure of sight' was a tiresome problem. He meant we should be able to look at our work-in-progress as if it were previously unseen.

Ignorance is the beginning of knowledge; knowledge is the beginning of wisdom; wisdom is the awareness of ignorance.