My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses and movement.

If you can imagine a thing, conjure it up in space then you can make it... The universe is real but you can't see it. You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it.

To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may be poetry.

Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.

When everything goes right a mobile is a piece of poetry that dances with the joy of life and surprise!

Above all, art should be fun.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.

The universe is real, but you can't see it. You have to imagine it.

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

About my method of work: first it’s the state of mind—Elation (joy).

When an artist explains what he is doing, he usually has to do one of two things: either scrap what he has explained, or make his work fit in with the explanation.

Mediate on the word of God day and night, then be careful to write the sacred words on your heart. And find grace to obey it.

We have a choice. We can be jaded by what we’ve lost, or joyous over what that thing had accomplished while we had it.

Sociopath. A label given, and a title received. A definition adorned? Or perhaps a ribbon atop a word.

Yet this thou art alive, but if ye soar, My poor frail heart will have beat out its cryAnd sadly miss thy sweet form all the moreWhile helplessly I stand and watch you die.

Pasta doesn't make you fat. How much pasta you eat makes you fat.

Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.

The work of your heart, the work of taking time, to listen, to help, is also your gift to the whole of the world

John Kerry said today he wants to debate President Bush once a month. Hey good luck, if Bush couldn't make it to the National Guard once a month, he's not going to show up for this.

It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.