"Mistakes will be made, make no mistake"

“My ambition is to have beautiful encounters, not to make money.”

“To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth—all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances.”

Source : "De Forest Says Space Travel Is Impossible". "Lewiston Morning Tribune" Newspaper, February 25, 1957.

“You do it a day at a time. You just put your rejection slips in a shoebox and tell yourself one day you're going to autograph them and sell them at auction.”

“Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no interest in anyone's affairs. History proper and novels hold no attractions for me except insofar as, I can discern there, as within our immortal Revolution, the adventures of the mind.”

“Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept.”

Source : "The Quality You Need Most". Green Book Magazine, April 1914.

“My art was not an answer - it was a question.”

Source : "My Art Is Not An Answer - It Is A Question". Interview with Yuichi Konno, www.helnwein.com. September 6, 2003.

“That's so her. You know, torn between Big Ideas and a party. She's always been that way.”

Source : FaceBook post by Claire Messud from Jan 20, 2013

“God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible.”