The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

You know this idea of going around the world imposing democracy by growing a middle-class a trading merchant class that is independent of your faith is a good notion but we're all partially different - it's no good imposing systems on people that it doesn't suit.

Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.

On stage we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing.

You shouldn't be in the music business if you're posing.

I feel by posing for Playboy I've discovered my own sexuality and beauty and I feel more confident than ever.

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

Painting n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.