It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.

A piece of wall can be visually disintegrated from the whole into a separate triangle by plunging a diagonal of light from edge to edge on the wall; that is, side to floor, for instance.

Realizing this, I knew that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of real light (electric light) at crucial junctures in the room's composition.

My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.

One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find.

It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.

It's hard for me not to have a great deal of compassion for the last Romanov family because, really, I don't know if a politically savvy ruler would have been able to make the situation turn out much differently.

Under our rules of engagement, if I were ISIS, what I would do is collocate my headquarters next to a school or a hospital and ensure that there would be collateral damage. They know our rules of engagement as well as we do. They operate with impunity.

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

I think I'm a better actress for having friends and interests outside the theatre. I wouldn't want to live my life surrounded by other actors all the time.

I have covered wars, before the epidemic began and since. They are all ugly and painful and unjust, but for me, nothing has matched the dread I felt while walking through the Castro, the Village, or Dupont Circle at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Reality television paints a simple black-and-white world of good characters and bad characters; people we want to root for and people we want to see ruined. There is none of the gray ambiguity that colors real life. I no longer watch a lot of reality television, but sometimes I can't look away from 'Honey Boo Boo.' I just can't.

Don't get me wrong - I love London, and still have an apartment there.

Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.

Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs.

If I thought I had hurt my chances of winning another major just because I was chasing money around, I'd wind up kicking myself.

Its a great day to be alive. I know the suns still shining when I close my eyes.

I guess I would be most grateful for my family and my friends and my dogs, my boyfriend. I'm grateful for a lot. I'm grateful to be healthy.

I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay.

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

We should honor Franklin Delano Roosevelt today as the greatest commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in our history, bar none - including President Lincoln.

To see a player dunk in women's college basketball is just amazing. It's great to see that the game has reached that level now.

The negative is just as important as the positive.

I commit myself to serve my country.

Even in my darkest times I knew I had a good future ahead of me.

There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.

Health care missed the PC and Internet revolutions, but it can't afford to miss the cloud and mobile revolution.

Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus but postulated clarity influences arrogance.