A city is not an accident but the result of coherent visions and aims.

The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.

Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop.

Viewed from a certain distance and under good light, even an ugly city can look like the promised land.

Healing is the discovery of the Divinity within.

It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

Music creates a certain mood and then people dress accordingly. I think it's all quite closely intertwined.

It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts.

When you find your authentic self, your identity - your true identity - how many people work a job they hate or live a life, they're going oh my gosh.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

Consistency is the DNA of mastery

Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation.

You have to go where the book leads you.