We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it.

The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace.

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.

And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.

Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature.

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.

When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed us to become more interdependent and interrelated. But the development, the extraordinary development, of those structures and institutions has not fundamentally transformed our humanity. We are still those animals with fears and anxieties and insecurities in the face of death and dread and disappointment and disease.