It is the spur of ignorance the consciousness of not understanding and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

Genius inspires resentment. A sad fact of life.

The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.

Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.

We must get away from the traditional idea that the saints in Heaven have one eternal holiday; that they have nothing to occupy them save playing a harp and incessantly singing.

People are just greedy animals, after all.

People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

Your environment influences your mindset.

We need a national renewable energy goal. Such a goal, sometimes called a renewable energy standard (RES), would spell out what percentage of our power America plans to get from renewable sources.