This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"

When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

There is a fine line that separates thinking you know something, and actually knowing the truth. It is a line as thin as a strand of hair, and it's called hope.

Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

London, thou art the flower of cities all!

Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.

I quit my job at the helium gas factory. I didn't like being spoken to in that voice.

The Olympic Games are always in the head of every sports athlete. We work for that.