My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories.

The world is a strange and wonderful place.

Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better.

Art is about paying attention.

History is an angel being blown backwards into the future

I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn't made money with it.

People only stutter at the beginning of the word. They're not afraid when they get to the end of the word. There's just regret.

I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love.

I've been trying to avoid goal-oriented behavior.

It's good to take a longer view and think, what would I really like to do if I had no limitations whatsoever?

Imagination is a sacred intuition.

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

I'd been at the mercy of a prick on a power trip, the kind of buttoned-up bantam rooster who gets off on control and then, when you resist him, tells you that you've got issues with control.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas.

He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.]

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.

I have a great drive to make things and sometimes I forget to slow down a little.

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

I am not on Facebook and on Twitter because the purpose of my life is to avoid messages. I receive too many messages from the world, and so I try to avoid that.