Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.

To know one thing, you must know the opposite.

The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

To be an artist is to believe in life.

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself as much as to understand what one is drawing.

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

Talking about one's work releases the energy and tension to do and make.

Painting and sculpture help other people to see what a wonderful world we live in.

A piece of sculpture can have a hole through it and not be weakened if the hole is of a studied size, shape, and direction.

I get influence from everybody and everything.

I would love to see more diversity on all sides, and not just in terms of women; we need people from different walks of life making films.

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes.

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

I just like to build things and do things.

George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record.

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.

Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.

Defense is a definite part of the game and a great part of defense is learning to play it without fouling.

Theres no mastery to be had. You love the attempt. You dont master a story any more than you master a river. You feel lucky to canoe down it.

I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

You can spend a lot of money on education, but if you don't spend it wisely, on improving the quality of instruction, you won't get higher student outcomes.

I would never know how good I was if I didn't have Bob Arum. Bob Arum is white, Jewish; He was working for prosecutor's office. I'm black, an ex-convict, ex-number runner. Who would be most likely to succeed? It would be Bob 100-1. Yet I beat Bob on everything we ever done, with love.

Luckily for me, I genuinely like my audience. They really are a good bunch.

Screaming is hard after a while.

I think there is a lot of good in making the All-Star Team. People look at your career a little bit differently.

Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it.

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

A truly open mind means forcing our imaginations to conform to the evidence of reality, and not vice versa.

Research is creating new knowledge.