Now, you can't tell me, we have the only God in the whole world. You can't tell me that nobody else has God.

. . . how man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood . . . he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.

Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.

The drive to learn is as strong as the sexual drive. It begins earlier and lasts longer

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

The future for us is the foreseeable future. The South Asian, however, feels that it is perfectly realistic to think of a 'long time' in terms of thousands of years.

The best reason for exposing oneself to foreign ways is to generate a sense of vitality and awareness - an interest in life which can come only when one lives through the shock of contrast and difference.