The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.

When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'

The Dead travel fast.

I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother].

Congress should not be like the Super Bowl where you have to have one team that's going to win and another team that's going to be a loser.

I thought you hung the moon.

Theres a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.

Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.