The Kiowas reckoned their stature by the distance they could see.

I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.

In the beginning was the word, and it was spoken.

Anything is bearable if you can make a story out of it.

A word has power in and of itself. It comes from nothing into sound and meaning; it gives origin to all things.

If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.

Words were medicine; they were magic and invisible. They came from nothing into sound and meaning. They were beyond price; they could neither be bought nor sold.

I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian.

Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.

It's a landscape that has to be seen to be believed. And, as I say on occasion, it may have to be believed in order to be seen.

For the storyteller, for the arrowmaker, language does indeed represent the only chance for survival.

You read my words and instantly we are both connected

People see owning a gallery as a way to get rich. I never thought that I could get rich in the art world. I wanted a life in art. I wanted to live with artists. I wanted to make beautiful shows.

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

Though her soul requires seeing, the culture around her requires sightlessness. Though her soul wishes to speak its truth, she is pressured to be silent.

The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

The point is, you can't keep doing the same thing and expect it to keep working.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

We just were a band one day. We woke up and in the morning we were a band.

Life is so short, it seems careless not to use it all.