"Listening is a discipline. It's all about being present at that moment in time."

“The thing is, 75 percent of design today is absolutely outdated. It all has to be redesigned with the materials and knowledge that we now have. We know so much more than what we are doing.”

“I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.”

Source : 'Invictus. In Memoriam R.T.H.B.' (1888)

“It, (creativity) requires an inclination to step into the unknown, as well as the ability to persist when there is no end in sight.”

“A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's Ashes.”

Source : Frank McCourt (1999). “Angela's Ashes: A Memoir”, p.357, Simon and Schuster

“If you are focusing your anger at government, you are focusing your anger at all of us. Government is just a personification of this country.”

“My school was so tough the school newspaper had an obituary section.”

“The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less sacred. It just means that they're getting to make choices about their lives.”

“My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.”