My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

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.

From the moment I saw her I knew this onewas worththebroken heart.

I think it will be very challenging for someone who has not been in prominent public life in the age of Twitter to go out on the campaign trail.

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime.

I see no reason for painting anything that can be put into any other form as well.

Try. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Try better. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Try better still. Make mistake. Fail. Learn. Repeat until... Try. Succeed.

One of my favorite films is LATE SPRING by Yasujiro Ozu. To me, it represents film as art.

I sure love Ireland. The first trip I ever made was last year when I did this record in Dublin.

I have managed to eke out a good and substantial existence. I'm not shoveling gold bricks or anything, but I do very, very well.

In the matter of piety, poverty serves us better than wealth, and work better than idleness, especially since wealth becomes an obstacle even for those who do not devote themselves to it.

I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish - there was a bit of nobility about her.