A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

Oh Satan you're a wily one.

I have long held that there are two fundamental views of children: That they are pets who can talk, or that they are small people who do not yet know very much. The wrong one is winning.

You don’t need much to give. Give what you have.

America, now is not the time for small plans.

For the sake of our security, our economy and our planet, we must have the courage and commitment to change.

Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.

In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.

Maybe other people will try to limit me but I don't limit myself.

My hair's been every color. My hair's been all over the map.

Unless you photograph what you love, you're not going to make good art.