I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Lovers have no primary needs

I welcome all butterflies into my heart because that feeling is a constant reminder of how alive and full of love I truly am.

What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were a child?

I could not prove the Years had feet-/Yet confident they run.

Isadore [Duncan], who had an un-American genius for art, for organizing love, maternity, politics and pedagogy on a great personal scale, had also an un-American genius for grandeur.

After filming, I cant wait to shake off all that 50s primness. Ill go out to a gig and dance ridiculously. I love to lose myself in music. Just letting go - its dead important.

The world does not need sermons; it needs a message. You can go to seminary and learn how to preach sermons, but you will have to go to God to get messages.

When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.

There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.

Lots and lots of trees together, equals big trees!