"It is no longer correct to regard higher education solely as a privilege. It is a basic right in today's world."

“Before the beginning of brilliance, there must be great chaos. Before a brilliant person begins something great, they must look foolish in the crowd.”

“The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga eradicated the distinction between performer and audience, broke down the wall of the proscenium...”

Source : Ned Sublette (2007). “Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo”, p.409, Chicago Review Press

“Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.”

“I have quite a lot of plastic sunglasses. It's just a nice accessory, it adds a final thing, and it's my favorite way of figuring an outfit.”

“History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.”

Source : "In the Shadow of Tomorrow". Book by Johan Huizinga, Ch. 20, 1936.

“Drawing on a computer doesn't make any sense to me. It's not intuitive.”

“Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.”

“I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.”

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