There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US - from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.

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.

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.

Understanding is the bridge between two minds

What, after all, is the object of education? To train the body in health, vigor and grace, so that it may express the emotions in beauty and the mind with accuracy and strength.

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow.

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

Death is not a disaster. Too many births - that is the real disaster.

The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

I talk to our players about life and situations and doing the right thing all the time.

The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.