The bourgeoisie are the only people who want to help me. The enlightened bourgeoisie are the only ones who ever buy anything, look after it, and don't ask for a discount. They want to look after you.

Lying on top of a building, the clouds looked no nearer than when I was lying on the street.

I'm operating in the gap between the trajectory of modernity and the trajectory of modernism. So what people think is design is not design, it's my attempt to engage with the trajectory of modernity.

As an artist, it's been clear that the price of art has nothing to do with you, it has to do with an idea of what the market will tolerate.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

What the crowd requires is mediocrity of the highest order.

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

The enemy [in Iraq] pulls back. We think we're doing well. Well, they pull back. They're not stupid. And then after we leave, you see what happened.

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

Beware the man with one gun. He can probably use it.

I must say that though other days may not be so bright, as we look toward the future, that the brightest days will continue to be those we spent with you here in Ireland.

It was quite tough, not many opportunities. I remember in primary school, one of my teachers said, "As for you young man, you haven't got much of a future."

I need to give affection and love, because without that, I wither. I need to give that love to someone. Without that, I'm rudderless.

Be indifferent if you lose your short term clients, remember they are your own worst enemy