If I've tried to bring anything to federal politics, it's the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart..

Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in u….

You know, when a president is about to leave office, most of the time most people are dying for him to go on and get out of there. But there are a fe….

"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reco….

I thought I was going to be able to use my painting ideas as decoration on pottery, but my painting did not translate into decoration on pottery. I t….

This idea of art for art's sake is a hoax..

Do you think it interests me that this painting represents two figures? These two figures existed, they exist no more. The sight of them gave me an i….

The idea that I have to be on the same side of the fence as Dan Quayle is cruelly depressing to me, but the truth is, I believe in family values..

All is One (Nature, God).

Start-ups should be based on radical ideas. There should be a high failure rate for start-ups, because if there isn't their ideas aren't bold enough..

What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong with that? On the contrary, it'….

I certainly had no idea how little faith Christians have in their own faith till I saw how ill their courage and temper can stand any attack on it..

Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas th….

The idea of Herman Melville in a writing class is always distressing to me..

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it..

The rooms I tend to be in are pretty democratic and the best idea wins..

The spark of true poetry flashes when ideas are juxtaposed that no one has yet thought of bringing together..

When people ask you to do stuff, it's not your idea anymore, so it's tough to get behind it..

A person can have the greatest idea in the world - completely different and novel - but if that person can't convince enough other people, it doesn't….

Let’s not forget that American democracy started with ‘We the People’ agreeing to work hard to create ‘a more perfect union.’ We’ve lost the idea tha….

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right..