"In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science."

“What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.”

“In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.”

Source : Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

“Love does not take away from one in order to give to another.”

Source : "Model's Web rants pined for love" by Veronika Belenkaya and Brian Harmon, www.nydailynews.com. June 29, 2008.

“I'm not too sure if I have a very smart approach to revealing my life. Luckily, I doubt if many people really care about my life that much.”

“Architecture is about public space held by buildings.”

Source : "Interview: architects Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour". Interview with Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2012.

“Over the long term, absent of other barriers, economics always win.”

“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.”

Source : "Deschooling Society". Book by Ivan Illich, 1971.

“I'm definitely drawn to things that are new, so something specifically for me would have been fun.”

Source : Interview with Gregg Shapiro, chicago.gopride.com. June 23, 2016.