Whence did the wond'rous mystic art arise, / Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? / That we by tracing magic lines are taught, / How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT?

World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.'

Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.

Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.

Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation.

The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf.

The computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.

We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.

In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession.

Life is like a tree, even if it is not always green, it still is colourful and beautiful.

The creative principle [of science] resides in mathematics.

If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.

For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.

My good friend Paul Shaffer and I are going to continue in show business. Next month Paul and I will debut our new act at Caesar's Palace with our white tigers.

The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful

I think it's important to do things that you're interested in. I think it's important to have other outlets away from the music industry.

I was the last girl in Larchmont, NY to get married. My mother had a sign up: "Last Girl Before Freeway."

Consider how wool is turned into an elegantly designed carpet by coming into contact with an intelligent person.

You need to keep your creative juices flowing and keep [your] character interesting.