Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

Fascism is fascism. Terrorism is terrorism. Oppression is oppression.

This generosity that has been offered to the United States says very much about the Venezuelan spirit.

I am who I am despite what America has put before me. I am who I am despite the obstacles that we have all faced based upon race and based upon social and spiritual humiliation.

The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail.

I think there's a lot that the larger society could have been taught or can be taught, but I'm not sure - given how unyielding the larger society has been - that much has been learned.

Many who have nothing opposed to the few who have everything, and as long as these disparities remain, as long as these distances remain between people and forces, I think we'll be in a perpetual state of upheaval.