"I don't know if the music moves forward anymore. I haven't heard anything for years - except refinement - coming out of the jazz world."

“I don't call myself an 'industrial designer,' because I'm other things. Industrial designers want to make novel things. Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.”

“Now you're the Queen of Hardcore, but movies don't count!”

“Specialists can never practice their specialties too much. The danger is in not practicing enough. Make that mistake, and soon you may not be in the specialty business anymore.”

“On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as gifts, and a few days later I decided to cycle to India...However, I was a cunning child so I kept my ambition to myself, thus avoiding the tolerant amusement it would have provoked among my elders.”

“My academic schedule is lighter this year because it's an Olympic year.”

“When all the people in the world love one another, then the strong will not overpower the weak, the many will not oppress the few, the wealthy will not mock the poor, the honored will not disdain the humble, and the cunning will not deceive the simple.”

“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”

“If you're going to have 19 children, you should supervise them well.”