"I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me."

“We talk about the vulnerability involved in sharing our work publicly. I don't think we talk enough about the real vulnerability involved in making art; if we truly engage the process we are changed by it.”

“I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.”

“It is a characteristic of the human mind to hate the man one has injured.”

“Sometimes not talking is effortless, and other times it’s more exhausting than lifting pianos.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.329, Spiegel & Grau

“[About John Evershed] There is much in our medallist's career which is a reminder of the scientific life of Sir William Huggins. They come from the same English neighbourhood and began as amateurs of the best kind. They both possess the same kind of scientific aptitude.”

“Light - dews - breezes - bloom - and freshness; not one of which... has yet been perfected on the canvas of any painter in the world.”

Source : John E. Thornes, John Constable (1999). “John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science”, p.153, A&C Black

“Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.”

“All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the sea-birds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to the invisible country far away.”