I think the material that inspires artists is the fabric of the soul of civilization.

Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing.

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact as the rise and fall of Rome.

I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that's exactly what I do.

There are no articles any more that dream about the cities of tomorrow.

We fail in even the simplest of all scientific observations-nobody looks up anymore.