There is one great and universal wish of mankind expressed in all religions, in all art and philosophy, and in all human life: the wish to pass beyond himself as he now is.

The creator does not create only for the pleasure of creating but . . . he also desires to subdue other minds.

When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which man finds himself.

The artist always has been and still is a being somewhat apart from the rest of humanity.

The amount which cannot be harnessed and domesticated, but insists on its own form of activity rather than one which is offered ready made, is the energy used for the creation of art.

. . . woman is a being dominated by the creative urge and . . . no understanding of her as an individual can be gained unless the significance and effects of that great fact can be grasped.

The world is not looking for proof of Jesus Christ

I don't buy cars I can't drive.

I have always been a business person.

I like trendy clothes just like everybody else does.

Do you know why they call a drummer's seat a throne? Because drummers are kings and queens.

My life had made me funny, and cancer wasn't going to change that.

I never thought about being No. 1. I just kept trying to be No. 1.

Life is too short for reading inferior books.

It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.

We receive our nourishment from the Mother Earth. So we should put our hands together in an attitude of prayer and say "please" and "thank you" when dealing with nature.