"What I'm most fascinated by is the ability of art to induce changes, but remain grounded solidly in its art practice."

“Whats immediately profitable is the only kind of logic that capitalism understands.”

“I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all- immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping into joy- it saves you.”

Source : "Joy Ride" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. March 31, 2014.

“The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.”

Source : Mary Doria Russell (1998). “Children of God: A Novel”, Villard Books

“Do not say, 'I am only a boy'; for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and you shall speak whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord.”

“Believe in all the good things you keep inside There is no freedom in life without freedom of mind.”

“Being a progressive himself, Franklin Roosevelt was talking about the fact that we should provide jobs for everyone who wants one. People do have a right to live in decent housing. They do have a right to education. FDR was preaching this gospel in the '30s, and Dr. Martin Luther King did the same thing in the 1960s with the Poor People's March on Washington. Folks in this country have these rights and it's the job of this country to answer this call.”

“Countries where women have access to professional life are also those where the birth rate is higher.”

“A garden is a symbol of man's arrogance, perverting nature to human ends ...”