"When I make my work, I am making what I hope to be something functional - a space for individual contemplation and reflection. I want my art to be useful."

“All babies look like Winston Churchill.”

“I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.”

“A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes.”

“As applied to substance abuse, the cognitive approach helps individuals to come to grips with the problems leading to emotional distress and to gain a broader perspective on their reliance on drugs for pleasure and/or relief from discomfort.”

Source : Aaron T. Beck, Fred D. Wright, Cory F. Newman, Bruce S. Liese (2011). “Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse”, p.47, Guilford Press

“I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.”

“The music that is played on the radio all the time or written about in magazines has nothing to do with musicianship.”

“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we've learned most of what we know. Recently, we've waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”

“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.