The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life.

How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships.

Don't be outraged, be outrageous.

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.

I am cheerful. I don't know if I'm happy. There is a difference, you know.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.