Interest and proficiency in almost any one activity-swimming, boating, fishing, skiing, skating-breed interest in many more. Once someone discovers the delight of mastering one skill, however slightly, he is likely to try out not just one more, but a whole ensemble.

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.

For art to be reality, the whole sensuous being must be caught up in the experience.

No one will live all his life in the world into which he was born and no one will die in the world in which he worked in his maturity.

No society has ever yet been able to handle the temptations of technology to mastery, to waste, to exuberance, to exploration and exploitation... We have to learn to cherish this earth and cherish it as something that's fragile, that's only one, it's all we have... We have to use our scientific knowledge to correct the dangers that have come from science and technology.

Love is the invention of a few high cultures ... it is cultural artifact. To make love the requirement of a lifelong marriage is exceedingly difficult, and only a few people can achieve it. I don't believe in setting universal standards that a large proportion of people can't reach.

The closest friends I made all through life have been people who also grew up close to a loved and loving grandmother or grandfather.