Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.

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.

If you set a clear standard for yourself

And there I was, a woman who yearned so hard for the sky there had to be stars in my blood, yet I was stuck in Heliodor City, missing it all.

Be simple and reliable

How many airports are there in the world?

In 1993, I retired from the Art Ensemble of Chicago to devote myself full time to Buddhist studies and to the practice of Aikido.

That one thing you do give up when you get married is that magic moment of meeting someone, and the sparks and the spontaneity.

I just want to write books or give talks which, if I were in the audience or I were the reader, I would appreciate.

If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin Then mister you’re a better man than I

My dream job would be a lawyer. I can talk my way out of anything, and I love cross-examining people. I think I'd be a really good lawyer.

Unlike memory, which confirms and reinforces itself, history contributes to the disenchantment of the world.