"Not many people realise this, but you don't actually learn anything at art college any more; however, you do have to go there to find that out."

“If you've been to Moscow, it's a really exciting and great city, but it still feels like you should be a little careful about which way you're going to step.”

“Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.”

“Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.”

“George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.”

“I’ve come to realize that being a mother makes me a better executive, because motherhood forces prioritization. Being a mom gives you so much more clarity on what is important.”

“It can be argued that the mathematics behind these images [of the orbit diagram for quadratic functions and the Mandelbrot set] is even prettier than the pictures themselves.”

“What appears spectral today will be natural tomorrow.”

Source : "The 'Savages' of Germany". Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) Almanak, Munich, 1912.

“The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.”